14.1% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Acacia Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Acacia Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Acacia Hills has remained steady over the last decade, with volunteering and unpaid care levels holding fairly consistent. A standout feature of the area is its strong connection to the military, with far more residents having served in the Defence Force than in most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.1% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most areas but about the same as the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 25.4% of residents caring for children and another 25.4% spending 15 or more hours on housework weekly; this housework rate is well above the national figure.
9.2% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 25.4%
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 much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.7% of residents being veterans.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Acacia Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70001/acacia-hills/topic/community