26.1% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hacketts Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hacketts Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement define Hacketts Gully, where more than a quarter of residents volunteer. This spirit of participation is reflected in a very strong presence of former Defence Force members compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 26.1% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.3% of people provide unpaid childcare, this is about the same as the state average. Other forms of unpaid work are much lower than most areas, with only 6.5% providing general unpaid care.
6.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
Service to the country is very high in Hacketts Gully, with 12.5% of people having served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
12.5%
Higher than 99% 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 Hacketts Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50601/hacketts-gully/topic/community