12.2% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hillbank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hillbank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Hillbank provide unpaid childcare, which is a higher rate than most other areas. While many residents step up to care for family, few participate in formal volunteering. This mix of unpaid family work and a small number of Defence veterans shapes the local community's contribution to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below the South Australian rate of 17.0% and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 30.2% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. A little above the national rate, 14.0% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, though the 21.2% who do over 15 hours of housework is lower than most areas.
14.0% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 21.2%
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 number of people in Hillbank have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.2%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8% and about the same as the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Hillbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40591/hillbank/topic/community