8.3% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Horningsea Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Horningsea Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of nearly 6 percentage points separates Horningsea Park from the national average for volunteering, as only 8.3% of residents give their time. This highlights a community where formal volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, despite others contributing through home and family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the state figure. While 12% of people provide some form of unpaid care, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much less common here than in most other areas.
12.0% ▲ +24.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 0.9% of the population, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Horningsea Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11942/horningsea-park/topic/community