26.1% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hawthorn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hawthorn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement than most areas define Hawthorn. Around 26.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of giving extends into the home, with a high proportion of people providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.1% of people pitching in. This is well above the South Australian rate of 17.0% and far above the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people in most areas, with 17.0% doing so. This includes 30.5% who care for children unpaid, a figure well above both state and national levels.
17.0% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 2.6% of people in Hawthorn have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia overall.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Hawthorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40574/hawthorn/topic/community