18.4% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hawks Nest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hawks Nest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has shifted in Hawks Nest over the last decade, with a strong focus on community and home support. About 18.4% of people volunteer here, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Hawks Nest, with 18.4% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% national average and the own state figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few people here provide unpaid childcare, at just 16.1%, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%. However, more people do significant housework, with 25.9% spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
12.9% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 25.9%
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 proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.9%, this is a little above the 2.8% national average.
3.9%
Higher than 70% 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 Hawks Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11880/hawks-nest/topic/community