16.3% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Home Hill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Home Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 16.3% of people in Home Hill give their time to volunteer, reflecting a community where local contribution remains a steady part of daily life. While volunteering is slightly more common here than in the rest of Australia, the number of residents providing unpaid care for children is notably lower than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Home Hill are a little above the Queensland and national figures at 16.3%, though this is down from 22.5% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the state and national averages, with only 20.5% doing so. This is part of a wider trend where the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework also fell since 2011.
11.6% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
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 in Home Hill than in most similar areas, with 4.2% of the population having served in the force.
4.2%
Higher than 64% 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 Home Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315042/home-hill/topic/community