21.3% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 21.3% of people in Hay volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature of the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in other similar regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and 13.0% in New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower here than in most areas, at 21.7%. Meanwhile, 13.6% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure of 11.9%.
13.6% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.7% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
About 2.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the rates for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11881/hay/topic/community