13.4% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hocking · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hocking
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Hocking than in most similar areas. While 35% of the community look after children without pay, other forms of community involvement like volunteering and military service are lower than usual for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The rate of unpaid childcare is well above the national figure at 35%, though the number of people providing other types of unpaid care or doing significant housework is much lower than in most areas.
10.1% ▲ +27.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.1%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
Only 2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the state and national averages.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Hocking [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50645/hocking/topic/community