13.4% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hawkesbury · State Electorate
Community Participation in Hawkesbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Hawkesbury do heavy unpaid housework than in most other areas, with 26.2% of residents spending at least 15 hours a week on these tasks. While volunteering has dropped over the last decade, the area maintains a strong connection to military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen since 2011, with 13.4% of people now giving their time. This is lower than most other areas and sits about the same as the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.2% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside 27.0% of residents providing unpaid childcare and 11.9% giving other types of unpaid care.
11.9% ▲ +3.8%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
A higher share of people in Hawkesbury have served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 3.3%, this is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.3%
Higher than 64% of state electorate 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 Hawkesbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10033/hawkesbury/topic/community