11.8% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highland Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Highland Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Highland Park involves a high number of people balancing home responsibilities, with 27.8% of residents providing unpaid childcare. While family duties are common, the area sees less formal community activity than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care duties are common, with 27.8% of people caring for children unpaid, a rate a little above the Australian average of 26.3%. Around 22.7% of residents also do more than 15 hours of unpaid housework each week.
12.5% ▲ +25.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.6% of the population as veterans.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Highland Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31333/highland-park/topic/community