20.5% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Horsham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Horsham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Horsham give their time to volunteer, making it a place with a much higher rate of community work than most areas. While this spirit of helping others is well above the national figure, the number of volunteers has dropped by 7.8 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is a decline from 28.3% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.8% of people providing care—a figure that is much higher than most areas and has risen since 2011. Around 22.1% of residents also do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
13.8% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Lower than 52% 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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011388/horsham/topic/community