25.1% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hall · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hall
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people in Hall volunteer than in the rest of the country. Roughly one in four residents gives their time to others, reflecting a community that is much more active in unpaid work than most Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.1% of people here are volunteers, which is well above the ACT figure of 18.4% and far above the national rate. This level of participation has risen by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.1% of people providing care—a figure well above both the ACT and national rates. This is consistent with a high number of people caring for children unpaid, which at 29.5% is much higher than most areas.
17.1% ▲ +21.3%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
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.
Around 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the ACT figure of 6.0%, though it is about the same as the national average of 2.8%.
3.2%
Lower 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 Hall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL822001/hall/topic/community