18.9% ▼ -33.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hat Head · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hat Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to help others in Hat Head than in most other parts of the country. This community is active in volunteering, with 18.9% of residents pitching in, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.9% of people volunteer here, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 25.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 15.6% providing unpaid care, both well above national levels. However, those caring for children unpaid are far below the national figure at just 15.0%.
15.6% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.0% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -33.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
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 share of residents than in most areas have served in the Defence Force, with 3.3% of the population being veterans.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Hat Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11876/hat-head/topic/community