# Community Participation — Huskisson - Vincentia

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Area: Huskisson - Vincentia (Statistical Area 2 (SA2))

Nearly one in five people in Huskisson - Vincentia volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This strong spirit of community service is matched by a very high proportion of former Defence Force members living in the area.

Volunteering is much more common here than in most areas, with 19.3% of people helping out, though this is 4.4 percentage points lower than in 2011.

Unpaid care is common, with 13.1% of people providing support and 25.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures are well above the national average. However, the 23.7% who care for children unpaid is a little below the New South Wales figure.

A striking 9.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is well above both the state and national figures and among the highest for similar areas.

## Statistics

| Statistic | Value | Change since |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Volunteers | 19.3% | -18.5% since 2011 |
| People providing unpaid care | 13.1% | +2.8% since 2011 |
| People caring for children unpaid | 23.7% | +7.6% since 2011 |
| People who served in the Defence Force | 9.5% | — |
| People doing 15+ hours of unpaid housework | 25.4% | -5.1% since 2011 |

Interactive: https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/114011276/huskisson-vincentia/topic/community