4.3% ▼ -44.6%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fairfield East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fairfield East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 4.3% of people volunteer in Fairfield East, a figure that is well below the national average. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in other forms of unpaid work and service across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest in the region, with only 4.3% of residents helping out. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 11.1% of people providing care. This is about the same as the national figure, though the proportions of people doing unpaid housework (14.6%) and caring for children (19.2%) are both well below the state and national averages.
11.1% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.6% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.5%. This is lower than most other areas and sits a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
0.5%
Lower than 71% 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 Fairfield East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11481/fairfield-east/topic/community