13.8% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hughesdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hughesdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Hughesdale than in most similar areas. While 13.8% of residents give their time to help others, this rate is about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas and roughly equal to the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.8% of residents providing support—a figure a little above the national average. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much fewer than in most areas.
13.8% ▲ +31.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, with only 1.1% doing so, which is lower than most similar areas.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Hughesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21214/hughesdale/topic/community