15.9% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Hunter · State Electorate
Community Participation in Upper Hunter
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Upper Hunter have volunteered since 2011, though the area remains more active than most. While 15.9% of residents now volunteer, this is a drop of 5.4 percentage points over the last decade. Other forms of community support and service remain strong across the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 15.9% of people pitching in. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 24.4% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 27.0% of people care for children unpaid, and 12.4% provide other types of unpaid care.
12.4% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 87% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.9%, this is a little above both the state rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 76% 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 Upper Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10085/upper-hunter/topic/community