20.5% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Guys Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Guys Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Guys Hill volunteer their time, reflecting a strong commitment to helping others. This local spirit is mirrored in the high number of residents who provide unpaid care and support for their families and neighbours.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.5% of people helping out. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, with 15.1% of people providing unpaid care, which is well above the Australian average. This includes 25.3% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
15.1% ▲ +51.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
About 2.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Guys Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21121/guys-hill/topic/community