20.5% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hallidays Point - West · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hallidays Point - West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Unpaid work and home care have risen sharply in Hallidays Point - West (L) since 2011. More than a third of the population now spends 15 hours or more each week on housework, a figure far above the national average. While volunteering has dipped slightly, the area remains a place where residents give a great deal of their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. This is higher than most similar areas, although it has fallen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high proportion of the community provides unpaid help, with 15.2% caring for others and 35.7% doing heavy housework—both figures well above the state average. Those providing unpaid childcare sit at 25.1%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
15.2% ▲ +47.3%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% ▲ +49.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 35.7%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas. Around 6.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.3%
Higher than 89% of urban centre 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 Hallidays Point - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121048/hallidays-point-west/topic/community