10.7% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Heathwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Heathwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher than average 41.3% of people in Heathwood provide unpaid child care. While many residents are busy with family duties, very few take part in formal volunteering or have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national and state figures of 14.1% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is among the highest at this level, sitting far above the Australian figure of 26.3%. However, those providing other unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 9.9%, and 22.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
9.9% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.3% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.5% ▲ +33.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Heathwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31311/heathwood/topic/community