2.3% ▲ +78.8%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hume · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Hume
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just 2.3% of people volunteer in Hume, reflecting a very low level of community participation compared to other areas. Daily life here involves very little unpaid care or community work, with figures far below the territory and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in the region at 2.3%, which is far below the 18.4% seen across the ACT. This rate has risen slightly from 1.3% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very rare here, with only 0.8% of people caring for children or doing 15 or more hours of housework. These figures are far below the national averages and have barely changed since 2011.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.8% ▲ —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.8% ▲ —
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
No one in the area reported serving in the Defence Force. This is well below the 6% figure for the ACT and a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801031031/hume/topic/community