14.1% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hindmarsh · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Hindmarsh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher than usual share of residents provide unpaid care in Hindmarsh, with 13.4% of people helping others. This trend has risen since 2011, while other forms of community contribution have stayed steady or fallen.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people volunteer here, which is about the same as the national figure. This is a drop of 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 20% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework and 25.3% care for children, these figures are a little below the state and national averages. However, 13.4% of residents provide other unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas.
13.4% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 81% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▲ +2.6%
Lower than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
Around 3.0% of people in Hindmarsh have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as across South Australia and the rest of the country.
3.0%
Higher than 58% 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 Hindmarsh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED405/hindmarsh/topic/community