23.5% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Hughes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Port Hughes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Port Hughes volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is paired with a strong tendency toward unpaid housework, though far fewer people here provide unpaid childcare than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.5% of people pitching in, which is well above the 14.1% national figure and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major activity for 29.4% of residents, a figure well above the national average. Meanwhile, only 18.4% provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
13.6% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% ▼ -38.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 29.4%
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 3.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Port Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41198/port-hughes/topic/community