22.1% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hay · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Hay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 9.1 percentage point gap separates Hay from the New South Wales average for volunteering. This community is far more active in giving their time than most other areas, with 22.1% of people volunteering, though this is 6.5 points lower than it was in 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.1% of people in Hay volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.9% of people provide unpaid care—a little above the national figure—far fewer people here care for children unpaid (20.7%) compared to the Australian average of 26.3%.
12.9% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.9% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 19.9%
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 Force veterans make up 2.1% of the population, which is much lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) 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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13850/hay/topic/community