10.8% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heffron · State Electorate
Community Participation in Heffron
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid care and volunteering mark Heffron compared to the rest of the country. Only 10.8% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Heffron has fallen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011. The current rate of 10.8% is much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few residents perform unpaid work, with only 7.2% providing unpaid care and 16.6% caring for children. Both figures are well below the state and national averages, and are among the lowest for this type of area.
7.2% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.6% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.4% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
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 less common here than in most other areas. Just 1.7% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 83% 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 Heffron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10035/heffron/topic/community