18.1% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hinton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hinton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering and unpaid care have remained strong drivers of local life in Hinton. About 18.1% of people here volunteer their time, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 18.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that sits comfortably in the middle for similar areas but is well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.1% of people caring for children and 28.8% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures being well above the national average. A little above the national figure, 13.5% of residents provide some form of unpaid care.
13.5% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 28.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.5% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales average.
3.5%
Higher than 65% 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 Hinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11923/hinton/topic/community