23.4% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hawker · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hawker
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one quarter of people in Hawker volunteer, making it a place where residents are far more likely to give their time than those in other parts of the country. This strong community spirit is seen in a high rate of volunteering and a significant number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.4% of residents volunteer, which is well above the ACT figure of 18.4% and the national average of 14.1%. This level of participation is higher than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.7% of people providing unpaid care and 23.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being above the national average. Around 28.1% of residents care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the rest of the ACT.
14.7% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most other areas, with 5.2% of residents having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8% and about the same as the ACT average.
5.2%
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 Hawker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80072/hawker/topic/community