13.8% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hughesdale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Hughesdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 25.1% of people in Hughesdale provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution in the area. While volunteering and housework levels are typical for the region, there has been a notable increase in the number of people providing general unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure. This is a small drop from 2011, when the rate was 15.4%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 13.8% of people doing so. This is a rise of 3.3 points since 2011, though the share of people doing unpaid childcare or heavy housework remains a little below state and national levels.
13.8% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 1.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is much lower than most other areas.
1.1%
Lower than 88% 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 Hughesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/208021180/hughesdale/topic/community