9.4% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hay Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hay Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9.4% of people in Hay Point volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This low rate of community volunteering stands out in an area where other forms of service, such as military experience, are more common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower than in most similar areas, with only 9.4% of residents pitching in. This is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. Unpaid housework is a little more common than the national average, with 23.1% of residents doing 15 hours or more a week.
10.2% ▲ +31.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.5% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Queensland average of 3.9%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Hay Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31306/hay-point/topic/community