23.9% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Halls Gap · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Halls Gap
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people volunteer in Halls Gap, a figure that sits well above both the state and national averages. This high level of community involvement defines the area, though fewer residents provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.9% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—only 20% provide unpaid childcare, which is much lower than most areas. General unpaid care is provided by 11% of residents, which is a little below the Victorian average.
11.0% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
Defence service is common to about 2.6% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Halls Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21127/halls-gap/topic/community