7.3% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hume · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Hume
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have fallen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011 in Hume. This is now a place where few people volunteer, with only 7.3% of residents doing so. However, more people are providing unpaid care to others compared to a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.3% of people here volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 12.8% of people providing care and 27.9% caring for children, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, 17.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much lower than most areas.
12.8% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
Just 1.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is among the lowest at this level and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 94% 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 Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23270/hume/topic/community