21.3% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hampden Hall · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines Hampden Hall, where 21.3% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. Residents here are far more likely to give their time to the community than people in most other parts of the country.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.3% of people helping out. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
21.3% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major part of life for many, as 36.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid chores weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 27.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, only 8.2% provide general unpaid care, a figure well below the Australian average.
8.2% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.1% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in this area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Hampden Hall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11852/hampden-hall/topic/community