31.2% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Aberfoyle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Aberfoyle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 31.2% of people in Aberfoyle volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement marks the area as one of the most active for volunteering compared to similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 31.2% of residents helping out, which is 17 points higher than the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 30.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the New South Wales figure. This is contrasted by a much lower rate of general unpaid care, at just 6.5%.
6.5% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -33.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.6%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.6% ▼ -31.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 22.6%
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.
No one in Aberfoyle reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Aberfoyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10008/aberfoyle/topic/community