25.9% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hardys Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hardys Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26% of people in Hardys Bay volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement marks the area as one of the most active for volunteering compared to similar places. Most residents are engaged in supporting others through unpaid work or service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25.9% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people do a lot of housework, as 31.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on it, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 13.2% provide some form of unpaid care, though only 20.5% care for children unpaid, a figure well below the national average.
13.2% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.4% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 31.4%
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 higher number of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.5% of the population having served. This is a little above both the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Hardys Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11859/hardys-bay/topic/community