30.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Harefield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Harefield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Harefield give their time to others than in most similar areas. Over 30% of the population are volunteers, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong local involvement extends to family life, where unpaid care is much more common than across the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.4% of residents in Harefield volunteer, a figure that is far above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common here, with 35.2% of people providing unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside 24.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while 12.0% provide other unpaid care, similar to the rest of Australia.
12.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.2% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population, which is about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
3.2%
Higher 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 Harefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11860/harefield/topic/community