15.3% ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highworth · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Highworth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A little over 15% of people in Highworth volunteer, which is slightly higher than both the Queensland and Australian figures. This shows a community where a modest portion of residents contribute their time to others. Other forms of participation, like unpaid care and service, align closely with state and national patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is a little above the national and state averages, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 26% of people caring for children and 12.8% providing general unpaid care, both of which are around the middle for similar areas. However, the 20.8% who do 15 or more hours of housework is lower than in most other areas.
12.8% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.8% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the national figure.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Highworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31337/highworth/topic/community