11.4% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hamilton North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hamilton North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Hamilton North involves a high proportion of people who have served in the military, though local volunteering is low. Only 11.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most other areas. This suggests a community where formal service is more common than local unpaid charity work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are quite low here, with only 11.4% of people helping out. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.2% of people provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. While 27.1% care for children unpaid, the 18.1% of people doing over 15 hours of housework is well below the state average.
12.2% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 more common here than in most other areas. Those who served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11847/hamilton-north/topic/community