20.5% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 92% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Horsham · Urban Area
Community Participation in Horsham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 20% of people in Horsham volunteer, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This level of community involvement is among the highest for similar areas, although the number of volunteers has fallen since 2011. It marks Horsham as a place where people contribute significantly to their community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. Despite being a high rate for the region, it has dropped by 7.8 percentage points over the last decade.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.8% of people providing care—a rate much higher than most areas. This sits alongside 27.1% of people caring for children unpaid and 22.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.8% ▲ +14.0%
Higher than 76% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 70% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 58% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 2.8% of the population having done so. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Lower than 74% of urban area 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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2010/horsham/topic/community