30.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hastings · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hastings
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of Hastings, with a very high proportion of the population giving their time to others. About 30.3% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 30.3% of people helping out, a rate far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is high, with 18.2% of residents providing support, well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the state and national averages at 21.2%.
18.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
No residents reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
0.0%
Lower 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 Hastings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50616/hastings/topic/community