20.4% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hunters Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hunters Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Hunters Hill volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area's social landscape, where residents contribute far more often than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.4% of residents are volunteers, a figure that is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 27.3% of people caring for children, which is higher than most areas. This is alongside 12.5% of residents providing some form of unpaid care and 22.6% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
12.5% ▲ +9.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.8%. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Hunters Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11961/hunters-hill/topic/community