11.4% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seven Hills · State Electorate
Community Participation in Seven Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 27.0% of people in Seven Hills provide unpaid child care, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out at home, volunteering rates are quite low compared to other areas. These figures show a community focused more on family and domestic duties than formal volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of people in Seven Hills volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen by 1.6 percentage points since 2011 and sits a little below the New South Wales average of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 22.7% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is higher than most areas. However, those providing other unpaid care are few at 10.3%, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
10.3% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 rare in Seven Hills, with only 1.5% of the population having served. This is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 87% 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 Seven Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10074/seven-hills/topic/community