21.4% ▼ -30.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hoya · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hoya
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back is a key part of life in Hoya, where 21.4% of residents volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The community also sees high levels of unpaid work and care compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.4% of people pitching in. This is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Hoya; 36.3% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a higher than average 14.9% of residents providing unpaid care. Meanwhile, 25.1% provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.9% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.3% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 36.3%
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 3.3% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Hoya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31367/hoya/topic/community