20.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Vinegar Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Vinegar Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Vinegar Hill volunteer their time, reflecting a strong culture of community help. This spirit of service is seen across the board, from high rates of unpaid care in the home to a significant number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national and state figure of 14.1%. This level of participation is higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 38.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside very high rates of people providing unpaid care (25%) and those caring for children (31.8%).
25.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.6% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 38.6%
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.
Defence service is much more common in Vinegar Hill than elsewhere, with 9.1% of residents having served. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
9.1%
Higher than 94% 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 Vinegar Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32948/vinegar-hill/topic/community