16.6% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hilton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hilton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained steady in Hilton, where 16.6% of people volunteer their time. This level of participation is slightly higher than the national figure and reflects a balanced spirit of giving back within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—a rate higher than most areas—only 11.3% provide general unpaid care, which is lower than most other places.
11.3% ▲ +7.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, with 1.9% of people having served, which is lower than most areas.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Hilton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50641/hilton/topic/community