14.3% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Herne Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Herne Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Herne Hill provide unpaid child care, a figure higher than most similar areas. While many residents help raise children, other types of community involvement and service follow typical patterns for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas but remains about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The rate of unpaid child care is a little above the state and national figures at 27.8%. Other unpaid work is more common here than in the rest of Australia, with 13.3% of people providing general unpaid care.
13.3% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
Around 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Herne Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21174/herne-hill/topic/community