13.1% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hornsby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hornsby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Hornsby provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is higher than most other areas. While many residents help raise children, other forms of community and civic participation are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is low in this area, with only 13.1% of residents helping out. This 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.
While 27.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, only 9.5% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas. Around 21.6% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate about the same as the New South Wales figure.
9.5% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 less common here than in other areas, with 1.2% of people having served. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Hornsby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11943/hornsby/topic/community