5.1% ▼ -44.2%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hope Vale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hope Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 9 percentage points separates Hope Vale from the rest of the country in volunteering rates. While few residents take on formal volunteer roles, a very high proportion of the community is dedicated to unpaid childcare and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.1% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 32% of people caring for children and 27.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national average. However, providing other types of unpaid care is much lower here at 7.5% compared to 11.9% across Australia.
7.5% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▼ -30.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▲ +116.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
About 1.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31357/hope-vale/topic/community