26.7% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Harmers Haven · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Harmers Haven
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Harmers Haven spend their spare time volunteering, which is far more than the national figure. This high level of community spirit is paired with a strong trend of residents providing unpaid care and support to others in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the Victorian average of 13.3% and much higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people here take on unpaid roles, with 31.7% providing unpaid care and 40% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are far above national figures. In contrast, the 16.7% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average.
31.7% ▲ +82.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% ▼ -50.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% ▲ +72.5%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 40.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Harmers Haven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21141/harmers-haven/topic/community