20.6% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hillwood · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Hillwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to volunteering in Hillwood (L) than in most similar areas. About 20.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above the national average and has remained steady for a decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.6% of people helping out. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 18% and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 35.1% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid (19.8%) and those providing other unpaid care (11.3%) are both lower than most areas.
11.3% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.8% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.1% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 35.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.6% of the population. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
6.6%
Higher than 90% 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 Hillwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622013/hillwood/topic/community