17.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Homebush · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Homebush
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is common in Homebush, where 17.4% of people volunteer. While few residents have served in the military, many locals take on significant responsibilities through unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 17.4% of residents volunteer, which 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.
Local unpaid work is very high, with 56.5% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, far above the 20.7% typical for Australia. This is consistent with the 21.7% of residents who provide unpaid care, though only 13% care for children, which is far below the national average.
21.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
56.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 56.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
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 Homebush [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21198/homebush/topic/community