24.0% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 38.8%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hardwicke Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hardwicke Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Hardwicke Bay volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community is highly active in giving their time, with strong rates of volunteering and a notably high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24% of residents volunteer here. This is well above the 17% seen across South Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure—the area has very low rates of unpaid childcare and general caregiving compared to most areas.
3.9% ▼ -72.1%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▲ +52.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
A high 7.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 3.2% for South Australia and 2.8% for Australia.
7.6%
Higher than 90% 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 Hardwicke Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40565/hardwicke-bay/topic/community