20.6% ▼ -16.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highland Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Highland Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of people in Highland Valley do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure far above the national average. This suggests a community where people contribute heavily to their homes and local area, with a very high rate of volunteering compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 12.3% of people providing unpaid care is about the same as the national figure, far fewer residents provide unpaid childcare than in most other areas. However, 31% of people spend 15 or more hours on housework, which is far above the Australian figure of 20.7%.
12.3% ▲ +31.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.0% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 31.0%
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.
A higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 4% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40589/highland-valley/topic/community