13.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hayes Gap · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hayes Gap
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stark difference in unpaid care defines Hayes Gap, where the rate of people providing care is well above the national figure. While few residents care for children or do heavy housework, a significant number of people support others in their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures, though lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care make up 18.2% of the population, which is well above the state and national figures. In contrast, no one is recorded as caring for children unpaid, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework are well below the national average at 13.6%.
18.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.6% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
0.0%
Lower 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 Hayes Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11883/hayes-gap/topic/community