17.5% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hillarys · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hillarys
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Hillarys provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family support defines the local community's contribution, alongside a strong showing of volunteers and those managing home duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.5% of residents volunteer their time. This is a little above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is common here, with 32.9% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national average. This trend extends to housework, where 23.9% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on chores, which is well above the state and national figures.
11.8% ▲ +19.7%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.3%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
About 3.0% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Hillarys [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50638/hillarys/topic/community