13.8% ▲ +51.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Herne Hill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Herne Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care and do housework in Herne Hill than in most similar areas. While 19.5% of residents provide unpaid care—a figure well above the national level—the local rate of volunteering is slightly lower than the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown here, rising 4.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.8%. This is about the same as the national figure, though it remains a little below the Western Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 36.6% of people caring for children, which is far above the Australian average. Similarly, those doing over 15 hours of housework or providing general unpaid care are well above state and national figures.
19.5% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.6% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.2%
- 2016: 69.7%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -37.2%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
About 3.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
3.8%
Higher than 57% 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 Herne Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522029/herne-hill/topic/community