10.6% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hendon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hendon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people in Hendon participate in unpaid community roles compared to other areas. Only 10.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 10.6% of people helping out. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less frequent in Hendon than in most areas. Only 11.2% of people provide unpaid care, and the 15.9% who do 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
11.2% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
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 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Hendon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40583/hendon/topic/community