15.5% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Humpty Doo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Humpty Doo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people have served in the Defence Force in Humpty Doo than in most similar areas, with 5.4% of residents having this experience. While community involvement is generally lower than in other regions, the area shows a slightly higher rate of volunteering than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people volunteer here. This is lower than in most other areas, though it remains a little above the 14.1% recorded for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 27.6% of people caring for children and 21.8% spending 15 or more hours on housework. However, only 9.6% of residents provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.6% ▲ +31.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
Military service is a notable feature of the community. At 5.4%, the proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is much higher than in most areas and nearly double the national figure of 2.8%.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Humpty Doo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70132/humpty-doo/topic/community