26.1% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hawthorndene · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hawthorndene
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Hawthorndene give their time to volunteer, making it a highly active place to live. This spirit of contribution is matched by high rates of family support, with many residents spending their spare time caring for others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.1% of people helping out. This is far above the Australian figure of 14.1% and well above the South Australian rate of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is a major part of daily life, as 37.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. This is reflected in wider trends, with 14.6% providing some form of unpaid care and 25.0% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.6% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.2% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
About 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Hawthorndene [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40575/hawthorndene/topic/community