13.8% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hithergreen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hithergreen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure for unpaid care, Hithergreen is a place where many residents look after others. While volunteer rates are slightly lower than the state average, a very high proportion of people provide essential support to children and other family members in their own time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people here volunteer, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family support is common here, with 36.2% of people caring for children unpaid—a figure well above the national average of 26.3%. This high level of family care is consistent with 17.2% of residents providing general unpaid care, which is much higher than in most other areas.
17.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.2% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 24.1%
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 Hithergreen has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures of around 2.9% and 2.8%.
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 Hithergreen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50644/hithergreen/topic/community