36.2% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hawker · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hawker
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Among the highest for its kind, 36.2% of people in Hawker volunteer their time. This reflects a community where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than those in the rest of South Australia or the nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than a third of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the 17% seen in South Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 21.3%. Meanwhile, 23.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
10.6% ▼ -12.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▲ +13.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
About 2.8% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Hawker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40572/hawker/topic/community