12.4% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hectorville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hectorville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12.4% of people in Hectorville volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This low level of community work stands out against other figures, as rates of unpaid care and housework are generally around the middle for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with the 12.4% rate sitting well below the South Australian figure of 17.0% and a little below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 12.2% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure about the same as the national average. Those caring for children unpaid sit at 23.8%, while the 20.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most areas.
12.2% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 little fewer people have served in the Defence Force here than in the rest of South Australia, with 1.9% of the population having served.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Hectorville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40582/hectorville/topic/community