5.8% ▼ -68.7%
Lower than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hope Vale · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hope Vale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stark contrast to state averages defines community involvement in Hope Vale (L), where unpaid family work is very common but formal volunteering is rare. While over 32% of people provide unpaid childcare, only 5.8% of the population volunteer, one of the lowest rates in the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Formal volunteering in Hope Vale (L) has dropped sharply to 5.8% since 2011. This figure is well below the Queensland and national rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 32.5% of people caring for children and 27.2% doing heavy housework, both of which are well above national figures. In contrast, those providing other types of unpaid care fell to 5.9%, which is much lower than most areas.
5.9% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
Only 2.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 87% 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 Hope Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321052/hope-vale/topic/community