13.0% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hamilton Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hamilton Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family duties define much of the daily life in Hamilton Valley, where 33.7% of people provide unpaid child care. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%. While many are busy with children, other forms of community contribution and service are less common here than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.0% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is very common here, though the 19.2% who do 15 or more hours of housework is a little below the national figure. Generally, the 10.6% of people providing unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
10.6% ▼ -37.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 2.1%. This is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 59% 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 Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11849/hamilton-valley/topic/community