19.6% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Horsham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Horsham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Horsham give their time to volunteer, a rate well above both the state and national figures. This high level of community involvement shapes daily life in the town, alongside steady rates of unpaid care and military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.6% of residents volunteer their time. 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 common, with 13.5% of people providing care and 26.5% caring for children, both of which are about the same as the state and national figures. Around 21.3% of residents do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework each week.
13.5% ▲ +12.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 21.3%
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 typical for the area, with 2.8% of people having served in the Defence Force, matching the national figure.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21206/horsham/topic/community