20.7% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hillville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hillville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Hillville volunteer, making it a place where residents are very active in their community. This high level of participation is seen alongside a strong tendency to provide unpaid care and help to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.7% of people 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.
Providing unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 15.6% of people doing so. While far fewer people care for children unpaid compared to the rest of the country, a high 36.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%.
15.6% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.3% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 36.3%
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.
A higher number of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.8%, this is a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Hillville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11920/hillville/topic/community