25.0% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Red Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Red Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Red Hill now volunteer, a figure that has climbed since 2011. This makes the area far more active in community work than the national average. Residents are also more likely to provide unpaid care for others compared to most of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four residents volunteers here, which is much higher than most areas. This 25% rate is well above the territory figure of 18.4% and far above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.7% of people providing such support, slightly above the national figure. This includes 29.8% who care for children and 23.7% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are higher than the national average.
13.7% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▲ +11.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas. Around 5.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Red Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80112/red-hill/topic/community