20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hillcrest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hillcrest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people contribute their time to others in Hillcrest compared to the state average. One in five residents volunteers, and a very high number of people spend significant time on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20% of people helping out, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle heavy home loads, as 35.3% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the 20.1% seen across Victoria. Unpaid care for others is also a little above the state and national figures at 14.1%.
14.1% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 35.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Victorian rate of 2% and the national rate of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Hillcrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21190/hillcrest/topic/community