24.5% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hermidale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hermidale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Hermidale volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is far more common than in most other areas. This strong spirit of service is seen in the high rates of volunteering and unpaid care, though very few residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.5% of people here volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 19.4% of people providing such support, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 22.4% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, and 24.5% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state average.
19.4% ▲ +100.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a rate that 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 Hermidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11901/hermidale/topic/community