14.7% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hamilton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hamilton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of residents in Hamilton take on unpaid care roles compared to other areas. While 14.7% of people volunteer, those providing unpaid childcare or housework are much less common than in the wider state and nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people in Hamilton volunteer, which is slightly higher than the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here, with only 20.1% of people caring for children and 16.6% doing significant housework, both of which are well below state and national figures.
11.5% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.6% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 16.6%
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.
Around 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the levels seen across New South Wales and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11845/hamilton/topic/community