17.5% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hornsby · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Hornsby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people provide unpaid care in Hornsby compared to most other areas. While nearly 30% of residents look after children without pay, volunteering rates have fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.5% of people volunteer here, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a drop from 2011, when 22.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 29.3% of people caring for children and 25.2% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the state average. Meanwhile, 11.4% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national level.
11.4% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
Only 1.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most other areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 85% 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 Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14000/hornsby/topic/community