16.4% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Howlong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Howlong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of military service marks Howlong, where 5.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This community is more active than average, with higher levels of volunteering and unpaid care compared to the rest of New South Wales.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.4% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a regular part of life for 13.0% of residents, a little above the national figure. While 24.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, those caring for children unpaid are a little below the national average at 23.4%.
13.0% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is much higher than most areas, with 5.9% of the population having served, well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Howlong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11957/howlong/topic/community