22.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hebden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hebden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap in unpaid housework separates Hebden from the rest of the country, where 42.9% of people do 15 or more hours of this work each week. This high level of home contribution is mirrored by a strong spirit of giving, with more people volunteering here than in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Hebden are well above the national figure, with 22.4% of people giving their time compared to 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—unpaid care for others is much lower than most areas at 6.1%. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is far above the New South Wales figure of 21.2%.
6.1% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.9% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 42.9%
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.
No one in Hebden has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
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 Hebden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11892/hebden/topic/community