22.0% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hughenden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hughenden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have remained a strong feature of local life in Hughenden. About 22% of the community helps out in volunteer roles, which is well above both the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
With 22% of people volunteering, Hughenden sees a higher level of community involvement than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country, at 19.1%. This is much lower than the national figure of 26.3%, and the number of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is also a little below the national average.
10.9% ▲ +0.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.5% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Hughenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31369/hughenden/topic/community