33.3% ▲ +10.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Horton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Horton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Upper Horton stands out among similar areas for the high level of community and care work its residents perform. One in three people here volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This spirit of helping others extends to a very high rate of unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Upper Horton, where 33.3% of people give their time. This is far above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 24.3% of people providing care—far above the national figure of 11.9%. This is reflected in housework, as 26.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid chores weekly, which is well above the Australian average.
24.3% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most similar areas. Around 4.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Upper Horton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14047/upper-horton/topic/community