20.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hillgrove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hillgrove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About one in five people in Hillgrove volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community is highly active in unpaid roles, with strong rates of volunteering and a notably high proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, few are looking after children. At 17.2%, the rate of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.2% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.9%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas. Those who served in the Defence Force make up 5.9% of the population, which is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Hillgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11914/hillgrove/topic/community