15.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upton Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upton Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Upton Hill than in most similar areas. While about 15.4% of the community helps out with unpaid care, the number of people who spend significant time on housework is much lower than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is lower here than in most other areas, though at 15.4% it is still a little above both the Victorian and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 15.4% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. This happens alongside 26.9% of people caring for children unpaid, while only 11.5% do 15 or more hours of housework—a rate well below the national average.
15.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the state and national figures.
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 Upton Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22619/upton-hill/topic/community