14.7% —
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forest Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Community Participation in Forest Hill (Eastern Metropolitan)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering defines the recent trend in Forest Hill, where the number of people giving their time fell by 7.2 percentage points since 2016. While 14.7% of residents still volunteer, other forms of community support remain steady. Unpaid care and household work are common here, with figures often sitting above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people in Forest Hill volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. This is a significant decline from 2016, when 21.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (21.9%) and provide unpaid care (13.0%) than in most other areas. Around 27.0% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
13.0% —
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% —
Higher than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.9% —
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 21.9%
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.
Only 1.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 83% of state electorate 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 Forest Hill (Eastern Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23101/forest-hill/topic/community