21.2% ▼ -39.2%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hinton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hinton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid work and volunteering shapes daily life in Hinton (L). About 21.2% of people volunteer here, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%, though this is a drop from 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most similar areas, sitting at 21.2%. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Hinton (L), with 34% of people caring for children and 28.1% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the national average, while the 13.7% of people providing other unpaid care is a little above the national 11.9%.
13.7% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.0% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 48.4%
- 2016: 42.5%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 4% of residents having served. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 61% 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 Hinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122066/hinton/topic/community