24.7% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Red Hill South · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Red Hill South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering rates have fallen since 2011 in Red Hill South (L), yet the area remains highly active. Nearly 25% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. People here also spend significantly more time on unpaid care and household work than most other Australians.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.7% of people volunteer here, a figure that is far above the Victorian average of 13.3%, despite falling 4.5 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 32.2% caring for children and 26.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national average. Meanwhile, the proportion of people providing general unpaid care rose to 16.8%.
16.8% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 service is seen in 3.4% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Red Hill South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222079/red-hill-south/topic/community