15.3% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fisher · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Fisher
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Fisher provide unpaid child care, marking it as the most common form of community contribution. While many residents give their time to others, the local rate of volunteering has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 15.3% of people helping out. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1%, though the rate has fallen 4.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 25.7% of residents provide unpaid child care, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. Much more common than in most areas is the 22.9% of people doing at least 15 hours of unpaid housework each week.
11.8% ▲ +7.8%
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.7% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 75% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 4.2% of the population having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate 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 Fisher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED310/fisher/topic/community