11.9% ▼ -53.0%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hopetoun Park · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hopetoun Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A shift in how people spend their spare time has seen Hopetoun Park move toward home-based care. Since 2011, the number of residents caring for children unpaid has jumped by nearly 10 percentage points, while volunteering has dropped significantly. Today, 37.6% of the population provides unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen sharply in Hopetoun Park, dropping from 25.3% in 2011 to 11.9% in 2021. This is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 37.6% of people providing this care, a figure far above the Victorian average of 26.3%. While 13.5% of residents provide general unpaid care, those spending 15 or more hours on housework fell to 24.1% since 2011.
13.5% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.6% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 37.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.3% of the population. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and about the same as the national average of 2.8%.
3.3%
Lower than 56% of urban centre 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 Hopetoun Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221034/hopetoun-park/topic/community