20.1% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hawthorne · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Hawthorne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Hawthorne, where 20.1% of residents volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While this level of community support is much higher than in most areas, it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people in Hawthorne volunteer, a rate that is 6.0 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common here, with 29.8% of people providing unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, 10.6% provide other unpaid care, a rate that is much lower than most areas.
10.6% ▲ +61.7%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▲ +16.8%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in many other places, with 2.4% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
2.4%
Lower than 62% 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 Hawthorne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305021116/hawthorne/topic/community