20.4% ▲ +56.6%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hughenden · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hughenden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Hughenden volunteer their time, which is a standout figure for the area. This high level of community involvement is a key feature of the town, with volunteer rates climbing significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.4% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is well above the 14.1% national and state average. This is a growing trend, as the proportion of volunteers rose 7.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here provide unpaid care compared to most areas, with only 19.5% caring for children—well below the national figure of 26.3%. Unpaid care for others is also a little below the national average at 10.5%, though those doing 15 or more hours of housework rose to 18.4% since 2011.
10.5% ▲ +18.0%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% ▲ +99.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
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 less common here than in most similar areas. About 3.1% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.1%
Lower than 63% 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 Hughenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321055/hughenden/topic/community