15.0% ▼ -40.4%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hanwood · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hanwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Hanwood (L) involves a fair amount of unpaid work and care, though formal volunteering has dropped. Around 15% of people volunteer here, but this is 10 percentage points lower than it was in 2011. The area also sees a significant number of residents balancing their time with unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people in Hanwood (L) volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13%. However, this is lower than most similar areas and shows a sharp decline from 25.2% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common, with 25.3% of people providing this care, a figure that rose 5.7 percentage points since 2011. Other forms of unpaid work are less frequent, as those providing unpaid care or doing 15+ hours of housework are much lower than in most areas.
9.7% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▲ +29.2%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
Only 2.0% of people in Hanwood (L) have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
2.0%
Lower than 87% 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 Hanwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121049/hanwood/topic/community