11.4% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hilbert · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hilbert
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A standout 38.5% of people in Hilbert provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure. While this highlights a strong focus on family care, other forms of community work and service are much less common here than in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average of 15.9% and lower than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common, with 38.5% of people helping out, far above the 26.3% national figure. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (18.2%) or providing other unpaid care (9.4%) are much lower than in most areas.
9.4% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.5% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.5%
- 2016: 41.6%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
Defence service is less common here than elsewhere, with 1.5% of the population having served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Hilbert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50636/hilbert/topic/community