5.4% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fairfield · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Fairfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people in Fairfield engage in unpaid community work compared to other similar areas. Only 5.4% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This low level of participation extends to unpaid care and household work, where local rates are much lower than state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in the region, with only 5.4% of people helping out. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and has fallen by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas. Only 18.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework at 16.2% is also much lower than the national average.
11.5% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 also low, with 0.5% of residents having served. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
0.5%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) 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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12850/fairfield/topic/community