26.0% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Halls Gap · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Halls Gap
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Halls Gap, where 26% of people volunteer. This is far above the national figure and reflects a community that is much more active in unpaid work than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the 14.1% national figure. This level of community involvement has risen by 3.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 20.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the Victorian average—much higher than usual proportions of the population spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 10.4%, which is a little below the national figure.
10.4% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▲ +39.6%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.9% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.1% of the population, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 64% 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 Halls Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222032/halls-gap/topic/community