5.4% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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 · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Fairfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fairfield is among the lowest performing areas for community engagement and unpaid work. Only 5.4% of people volunteer their time, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011. This low level of participation extends to unpaid child care and housework as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 5.4% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the Australian figure of 14.1%. This rate has dropped by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid child care is well below the state and national figures at 18.6%, a drop of 5.2 percentage points since 2011. Those doing over 15 hours of housework are also much fewer than in most areas, while the 11.6% who provide other unpaid care is about the same as the national figure.
11.6% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.6% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 16.4%
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 0.5% of the population. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.5%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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/sa3/12702/fairfield/topic/community