23.4% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hawker · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Hawker
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Hawker volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community engagement is seen across the area, where people are more likely than most to provide unpaid care or help out in their neighbourhoods.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.4% of people here volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 18.4% seen across the ACT. However, this figure has fallen 3.5 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 14.7% of people doing so, a rate a little above the national figure that has risen since 2011. Around 23.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the ACT average.
14.7% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 5.2% of the population having served. This is a little above the national figure and about the same as the wider ACT.
5.2%
Higher 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 Hawker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011013/hawker/topic/community