9.8% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seven Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seven Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Seven Hills spend their spare time volunteering compared to other parts of the country. Only 9.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This suggests a community where formal unpaid work is less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are much lower here than in most similar areas. At 9.8%, the figure is well below both the New South Wales average of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 24.5% of people provide unpaid child care, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, people providing other types of unpaid care are much less common here than in most areas, at 10.1%.
10.1% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most other areas. Only 1.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Seven Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13533/seven-hills/topic/community