10.0% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hamilton Island · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hamilton Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 20 percentage points separates Hamilton Island from the rest of the state in childcare roles. This community has very low levels of unpaid care and volunteering compared to other areas across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This rate has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare here, with only 6.5% of people caring for children and 2% providing general unpaid care. Both figures are far below the national average and have fallen since 2011, including housework for 15 or more hours, which dropped to 4.5%.
2.0% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.5% ▼ -49.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
4.5% ▼ -46.9%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 1.4% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 91% 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 Hamilton Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315040/hamilton-island/topic/community