11.8% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hickeys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hickeys Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Hickeys Creek have served in the military than in most other areas, with 8.5% of residents being former or current Defence Force members. While many spend significant time on housework, overall community volunteering is low. This blend of service and home-based work defines how people spend their spare time here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 35.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, far above the New South Wales figure of 21.2%. However, the 14.3% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the national average of 26.3%.
13.4% ▼ -33.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.3% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.3% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 35.3%
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 very common here, with 8.5% of the population having served, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
8.5%
Higher than 92% 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 Hickeys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11906/hickeys-creek/topic/community