13.4% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highett · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Highett
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of Highett residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is higher than in most other areas. This level of family support is a key feature of the community, while other forms of volunteering and service remain closer to the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of people in Highett volunteer their time, which is lower than in most similar areas and roughly the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While many residents help with children, those spending 15 or more hours a week on housework are much lower than in most other areas. The number of people providing general unpaid care is 13.1%, which is slightly above the national figure.
13.1% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.6% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.7% of the population having served, which is a little below the Australian average.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Highett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21185/highett/topic/community