21.8% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hartley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hartley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Hartley volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit stands out as the most striking feature of the area's social participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is higher than most areas and well above both South Australia and the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people here provide unpaid childcare, at 13.5%, which is far below the state and national figures. However, a little more than the national average, 23.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week.
10.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.5% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 23.3%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Hartley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40569/hartley/topic/community