10.3% ▼ -42.0%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forest Hill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Forest Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap in military service defines Forest Hill, where veterans are far more common than in the rest of the state. While unpaid childcare is on the rise, traditional volunteering and general unpaid care have both seen a significant decline.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.3% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 17.7% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare has jumped 10 points since 2011 to 26.5%, which is a little above the state average. However, other unpaid work has fallen, with those doing 15 or more hours of housework falling to 15.8%, well below the national figure.
9.1% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▲ +63.0%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 15.8%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is exceptionally high here, with 27.6% of residents having served. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
27.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115060/forest-hill/topic/community