20.8% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Red Hill South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Red Hill South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer and provide unpaid care in Red Hill South than in most similar areas. About 21% of residents give their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community contribution is a standout feature of the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 16.2% of people providing support. This includes 25.6% of residents doing over 15 hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average of 20.7%.
16.2% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 2.5% of people in Red Hill South have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2% seen in Victoria and the 2.8% national figure.
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 Red Hill South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22149/red-hill-south/topic/community