18.8% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Soldiers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Soldiers Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Soldiers Hill volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, from those giving their time to local groups to those providing unpaid care for family members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common than in most areas, with 14.8% of people providing support. This is a little above both the state and national figures, while 27.1% provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
14.8% ▲ +16.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 20.8%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2% seen in Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Soldiers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22302/soldiers-hill/topic/community