20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Hillgrove, where 20.0% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, marking it as one of the most active areas for volunteering in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in five residents volunteers here, which is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and significantly higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with 10.0% of people providing care and a far lower rate of child care than the national figure. Only 13.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well below the Australian average.
10.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower 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 Hillgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11915/hillgrove/topic/community