20.6% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hunchy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hunchy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and unpaid work mark Hunchy as a highly active community. About 20.6% of residents volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 30.6% of people do over 15 hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside a higher than usual 29.2% who provide unpaid childcare.
13.3% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 30.6%
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 in Hunchy than in most similar areas, with 5.1% of people having served in the Defence Force.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Hunchy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31374/hunchy/topic/community