24.7% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and military service make Hay stand out compared to similar areas. Roughly one in four residents gives their time to a cause, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.7% of people in Hay volunteer, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is more common here than in most areas, with 26.6% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on it. Meanwhile, 26.4% provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure.
9.9% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
A larger proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.1% of residents having served, which is a little above both the state and national rates.
5.1%
Higher than 82% 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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50618/hay/topic/community