15.9% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Haberfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Haberfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Haberfield has seen a shift in how residents give their time. While volunteering is less common than in many similar areas, a high number of people here provide unpaid care for others. This mix of formal and informal support defines the local community's contribution.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%. However, this level of volunteering is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 15.5% of people doing so—well above the national figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 23.0% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little above the Australian average of 20.7%.
15.5% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 1.0% of people in Haberfield have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below both the New South Wales (2.3%) and national (2.8%) figures.
1.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality 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 Haberfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11835/haberfield/topic/community