14.9% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heathcote · State Electorate
Community Participation in Heathcote
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Heathcote provide unpaid childcare, though the number of local volunteers has fallen since 2011. This community shows a high level of unpaid work at home compared to the rest of the state and country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 20.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.5% of people caring for children and 24.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures well above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.4% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as across Australia.
12.4% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
Around 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales average.
2.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10034/heathcote/topic/community