23.0% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hampden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hampden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Hampden volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This level of community involvement is a standout feature of the area, where residents are more likely to give their time than people in most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23% of the population volunteers, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 24.6% of people do over 15 hours of unpaid housework weekly—well above the national figure—only 6.6% provide unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
6.6% ▼ -56.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.6% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a result that is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
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 Hampden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40560/hampden/topic/community