19.2% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hawthorn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hawthorn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five residents in Hawthorn volunteer their time, making it a place where 19.2% of people give back to the community. This is well above both the Victorian and national figures. While local engagement is high, the area sees much lower rates of unpaid domestic and childcare work than most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.2% of residents helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common than in most areas. Only 20.4% of people care for children unpaid and 16.5% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are well below the state and national figures.
11.7% ▲ +32.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.4% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
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 less common here than in most other areas, with 1.6% of people having served. This is about the same as the Victorian figure of 2.0% and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Hawthorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21152/hawthorn/topic/community