17.3% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Highton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Highton spend time caring for children unpaid, highlighting a strong family focus in the area. Residents here are generally more involved in helping others and their homes than people across the state and country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Local volunteering is strong, with 17.3% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 13.3% figure for Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 30.4% of people care for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is alongside 23.8% who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is also well above the state average.
13.6% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 typical for the region, with 2.5% of residents having served, a figure that is about the same as both Victoria and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Highton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21187/highton/topic/community