33.3% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Prospect Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Prospect Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Prospect Hill give their time to others than in most similar areas. This is a highly active community where one in three residents volunteers, and a large proportion of the population handles significant unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 33.3% of people pitching in. This is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents manage heavy loads at home; 34.9% provide unpaid childcare and 32.6% do over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above state and national levels. However, the 10.1% providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
10.1% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.4%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.6% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.9%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 32.6%
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.
A strong 7.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Prospect Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41221/prospect-hill/topic/community