16.3% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hillvue · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hillvue
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care and volunteering mark Hillvue as a community where people are more active in supporting others than in most similar areas. While 16.3% of residents volunteer, the most striking feature is the strong tendency for locals to provide unpaid care for children and others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.3% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and slightly higher than the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life in Hillvue, as 14.0% of people provide care and 28.1% look after children unpaid, both figures being higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 22.1% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is lower than most other places.
14.0% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.3% of residents having held a service role.
3.3%
Higher than 60% 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 Hillvue [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11921/hillvue/topic/community