6.4% ▼ -36.3%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hurstville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hurstville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Hurstville spend their spare time on unpaid work or volunteering. Only 6.4% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure and among the lowest for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with just 6.4% of the community participating. This is well below the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care and housework are much less common here than in most areas. Only 19.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, and just 8.3% provide any form of unpaid care, both of which are well below New South Wales and Australian figures.
8.3% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
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 0.5%, this is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.5%
Lower than 71% 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).
More for Hurstville
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Hurstville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11971/hurstville/topic/community