13.9% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
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.
Community involvement in Hillcrest (SA) has seen a mix of trends, with a notable number of people now providing unpaid childcare. While 29.1% of residents provide unpaid care for children, this is contrasted by a lower-than-usual rate of local volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.9% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher than usual 29.1% of residents provide unpaid care for children, though the 11.4% who provide other unpaid care is lower than most areas.
11.4% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in other similar areas, with 2.0% of the population having served, which is a little below the state figure of 3.2%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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/SAL40592/hillcrest/topic/community