Analysis of the unpaid domestic work performed by the population in Hope Vale Aboriginal (S) in 2021 compared to Mareeba (S) shows that there was a higher proportion of persons who performed 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work per week.
Overall, 27% of the population reported performing 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work, compared with 21.9% for Mareeba (S).
The major differences between the share of the population performing unpaid domestic work in Hope Vale Aboriginal (S) and Mareeba (S) were:
- A larger percentage of persons who did 30 hours or more of domestic work (18.3% compared to 10.0%)
- A larger percentage of persons who did unpaid domestic work (total) (67.4% compared to 61.7%)
- A larger percentage of persons who did less than 5 hours of domestic work (21.2% compared to 15.9%)
- A smaller percentage of persons who did between 5 and 14 hours of domestic work (19.5% compared to 23.8%)