7.0% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hillsdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hillsdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Hillsdale participate in unpaid work and volunteering compared to similar areas. Only 7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for any area at this level, with only 7% of people helping out, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much lower than most areas, including only 9.1% providing unpaid care and 15.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework. Just 23% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
9.1% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.0% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.7% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 15.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.2% of the population, which is a little below both the state (2.3%) and national (2.8%) figures.
1.2%
Lower than 66% 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 Hillsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11918/hillsdale/topic/community