18.2% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hawthorn East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Hawthorn East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Hawthorn East give their time to others, making the area much more active in volunteering than the rest of the country. This strong community spirit stands out even though the number of volunteers has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% figure for Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 23.8% of people caring for children. Similarly, 18.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is much lower than most similar places.
12.2% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, with only 1.5% of the population having done so, a figure much lower than most other areas.
1.5%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Hawthorn East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011152/hawthorn-east/topic/community