9.9% ▼ -39.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hidden Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hidden Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Low volunteer rates mark Hidden Valley, where only 9.9% of people give their time to a cause. This is well below the 14.1% figure seen across Queensland and Australia. While formal volunteering is low, nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 29.2% of people providing this care, a little above the Queensland average of 26.5%. Other unpaid work is more typical for the region, with 12% providing general unpaid care and 20.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework.
12.0% ▲ +11.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9% and about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Hidden Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31327/hidden-valley/topic/community