12.8% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hillcrest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hillcrest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much lower rate of volunteering than the state average marks the community profile of Hillcrest. While only 12.8% of people volunteer, there is a strong presence of those providing unpaid care to others in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.3% of people providing care—well above the national figure. This is consistent with the 28.8% of residents who care for children unpaid, a rate higher than most areas.
15.3% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of people having served in the Defence Force.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Hillcrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60274/hillcrest/topic/community