16.4% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Harpers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Harpers Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Harpers Hill give their time to others than in most similar areas. While a little over 16% volunteer, the most striking feature is how many residents perform unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1% and well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 44.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 21.3% providing unpaid care, both far above state and national figures. In contrast, the 14.8% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national rate of 26.3%.
21.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
44.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 44.3%
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.
Harpers Hill has a very high proportion of veterans, with 12.1% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
12.1%
Higher than 99% 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 Harpers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11864/harpers-hill/topic/community