10.5% ▼ -40.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forest Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Forest Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of the population in Forest Hill has served in the Defence Force, a figure far higher than most similar areas. While military service is common, other forms of community involvement are less frequent, with volunteering and unpaid care levels generally lower than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care of children is common at 27.3%, slightly above the New South Wales figure. However, people providing general unpaid care or doing over 15 hours of housework are much less common here than in most other areas.
9.1% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 a standout feature of the area, with 26.3% of people having served. This is far above the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
26.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Forest Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11547/forest-hill/topic/community