14.6% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Little Hartley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Little Hartley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people do heavy housework in Little Hartley than in other parts of the country. While many residents provide unpaid care, the most striking feature is the high proportion of people spending at least 15 hours a week on domestic chores.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, though 14.6% of residents still give their time, which is about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 32.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. This sits alongside typical rates of unpaid care, with 12.8% providing care and 25.6% looking after children.
12.8% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.4% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 32.4%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of residents having served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Little Hartley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12361/little-hartley/topic/community