26.0% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Red Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Red Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines daily life in Red Hill, where 26% of residents give their time to help others. This level of community involvement is far above both the Victorian and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% typical across Australia. This is much higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.9% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. There are also slightly more people providing unpaid care and looking after children compared to the state and national averages.
14.3% ▲ +50.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 26.9%
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.
Around 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.0% found across Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
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 Red Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22148/red-hill/topic/community