11.8% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hemmant · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hemmant
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Hemmant has shifted since 2011, most notably with a own significant number of residents now providing care. While few people volunteer, the area has a higher-than-usual share of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 31.7% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.1% provide other unpaid care, and 20.1% do 15 or more hours of housework per week.
12.1% ▲ +21.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.1% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
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.
About 3.7% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is higher than most similar areas.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Hemmant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31318/hemmant/topic/community