18.3% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Huskisson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Huskisson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average, 18.3% of people in Huskisson volunteer their time to help others. This high level of community spirit is paired with a very strong presence of former Defence Force members compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 18.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.0% seen in New South Wales and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 22.7% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, the proportion of residents caring for children unpaid is much lower than most areas at 18.6%. Unpaid care for others is about the same as the national figure, at 11.0%.
11.0% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.6% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 high 7.5% of people in Huskisson have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales (2.3%) and Australian (2.8%) averages.
7.5%
Higher than 90% 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 Huskisson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11973/huskisson/topic/community