20.7% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hamilton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hamilton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 20% of people in Hamilton volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This strong level of community involvement stands out as the primary feature of local participation, despite a decline from 2011 levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.7% of residents volunteer, a rate much higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% Australian average. This is a drop from 2011, when 27% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is more common here than in most areas, with 14.1% of people providing this support. Meanwhile, 23.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little below the Victorian average of 26.3%.
14.1% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.8% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 22.8%
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 less common here than in most similar areas, with 2.8% of residents having served. This is about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Lower than 71% 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 Hamilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214008/hamilton/topic/community