13.2% ▲ +40.8%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hillston · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hillston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 20.3% of people in Hillston provide unpaid childcare, though this is lower than most other areas. While some community activities are growing, overall levels of unpaid care and volunteer work are generally below the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has risen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011 to reach 13.2%. This is much lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care has dropped across the board, with those caring for children falling 22 points since 2011 to 20.3%. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%, and levels of unpaid housework and general care are also much lower than most areas.
8.8% ▼ -40.1%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.3% ▼ -51.7%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 42.1%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.8% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 16.8%
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.
A small number of people in Hillston have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is much lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.9%
Lower than 87% 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 Hillston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115081/hillston/topic/community