13.8% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
White Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in White Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in White Hills provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community support here. While a high number of residents provide unpaid care to others, volunteering rates are lower than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people volunteer their time. This is lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 14.9% of people providing unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. This includes 27.3% of residents caring for children unpaid, a rate higher than most areas.
14.9% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 White Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22769/white-hills/topic/community