28.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hotspur · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hotspur
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 28.6% of people in Hotspur volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This level of community spirit is paired with a very high rate of unpaid care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 29% of residents volunteer their time, which is much higher than most similar areas and far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 28.6% of people providing care and a higher than usual 28.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework. In contrast, only 8.6% provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the national figure.
28.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.6% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
Military service is very prominent in Hotspur, where 14.7% of people have served in the Defence Force, far above the 2.8% average for Australia.
14.7%
Higher 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 Hotspur [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21208/hotspur/topic/community