8.5% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hillcrest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hillcrest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Hillcrest compared to similar areas. Only 8.5% of residents take part in volunteer work, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This low level of community volunteering stands in contrast to a high rate of family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 8.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much higher than most areas at 31.1%, though 11.5% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure. Meanwhile, 18.0% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is a little below the state and national averages.
11.5% ▲ +35.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.0% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Australian figure.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Hillcrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31338/hillcrest/topic/community