19.6% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Henley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Henley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Henley volunteer, making it a place with much higher community involvement than the state or national average. This spirit of giving extends into the home, where a high number of residents dedicate significant time to unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major commitment here, with 29.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid chores weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12.6% provide unpaid care and 25.7% care for children, both figures that are about the same as the state and national averages.
12.6% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 29.6%
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.
Defence service is common to a degree seen in other similar areas, with 2.1% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Henley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11898/henley/topic/community