27.6% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Highbury · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Highbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of residents in Highbury volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the area, where people are also more likely to spend a significant amount of time on housework and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.6% of people helping out. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in Highbury, where 26.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Around 28.1% care for children unpaid, while 12.8% provide other types of unpaid care.
12.8% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
No one in Highbury has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Highbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50634/highbury/topic/community