6.8% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Haymarket · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Haymarket
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very low levels of unpaid work and volunteering define Haymarket compared to similar areas. Only 6.8% of people here volunteer, which is a much smaller share than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon in Haymarket, with only 6.8% of residents taking part. This is well below the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than elsewhere. Only 6.6% of people provide unpaid childcare and 3.5% provide general unpaid care, both of which are well below the state and national figures.
3.5% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
6.6% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
6.4% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force. At 0.5%, this is lower than most areas and a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.5%
Lower than 71% 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 Haymarket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11884/haymarket/topic/community