10.1% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hope Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hope Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 10.1% of people in Hope Island volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. This suggests a community where residents are much less likely to give their time to unpaid causes compared to most other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.1% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with 10.1% of people providing care and 21.0% caring for children, both of which are well below the national figures. Meanwhile, 20.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
10.1% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 3.6%, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Hope Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31356/hope-island/topic/community