12.8% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hume · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Hume
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Hume than in most other parts of the country. While 29.5% of the community look after children without pay, volunteering has fallen since 2011. This reflects a community where a high proportion of residents dedicate significant time to family and home duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 2.3 points since 2011 and now sits at 12.8%. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are common here, with 29.5% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. Similarly, 24.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate that is among the highest for this area type.
12.3% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 91% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
About 2.7% of people in Hume have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for its level and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Lower than 51% of federal electorate 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 Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED120/hume/topic/community