10.7% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hastings · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hastings
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Hastings is marked by a surprisingly high number of veterans and a low rate of formal volunteering. Only 10.7% of people volunteer here, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This suggests that community contribution in the area happens more through family support than through organised groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 10.7%, the rate is a little below the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is about the same as the rest of the country at 25.3%. While 13.6% of people provide some form of unpaid care, only 20.1% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is lower than most areas.
13.6% ▲ +28.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
A striking 5.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most areas and well above the 2.8% national figure.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Hastings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21145/hastings/topic/community