17.8% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hyland Park · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hyland Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Changing patterns of help and service define Hyland Park, where more people now provide unpaid care despite a drop in volunteering. While 17.8% of residents volunteer, this is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area shows a strong shift toward home-based support and caregiving over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in the state or nation, though it has fallen from 26.3% in 2011 to 17.8% in 2021.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high in Hyland Park, with 17.8% of people providing care—well above the 11.9% national figure. This rise is accompanied by more people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework, which rose to 24.9% since 2011.
17.8% ▲ +52.7%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
Defence Force service is uncommon here, with 2.4% of residents having served, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
2.4%
Lower than 80% 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 Hyland Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122067/hyland-park/topic/community