6.1% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hoxton Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hoxton Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Hoxton Park participate in community volunteering compared to most similar areas. Only 6.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of formal volunteering stands out across the local community participation data.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 6.1% of people here volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for its level and well below the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is around the middle for this level at 23.6%, though 11.5% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average. However, the 18.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
11.5% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 lower than in most areas, with 0.8% of residents having served, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.8%
Lower than 69% 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 Hoxton Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11958/hoxton-park/topic/community