25.1% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hall · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hall
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Hall, where residents are far more likely to give their time to the community than people across the country. About one in four people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.1% of people in Hall volunteer, a figure that is much higher than in most areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.1% of people providing care and 29.5% looking after children unpaid, both of which are well above the Australian figure. Meanwhile, 22.3% do more than 15 hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the national average.
17.1% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure but a little below the ACT average of 6.0%.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Hall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80070/hall/topic/community