7.2% ▼ -27.0%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hallam · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hallam
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 7.2% of people in Hallam volunteer their time, which is a much lower rate than the national figure. This suggests a place where fewer residents are involved in unpaid community work compared to other areas across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this size, at 7.2%. This is well below both Victoria's 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 23.2%, and those doing over 15 hours of housework are much lower than most areas. However, providing general unpaid care is about the same as the rest of the country at 12.1%.
12.1% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.1% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 1.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Hallam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21125/hallam/topic/community