17.2% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fairholme · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fairholme
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fairholme stands out among similar areas for the high level of unpaid work its residents undertake. More than half the population helps raise children without pay, and many more are involved in volunteering and household care than in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high in Fairholme. About 51.7% of people care for children unpaid, and 20.7% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well above national figures. Additionally, 37.9% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is far above the Australian average of 20.7%.
20.7% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
51.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.9% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Fairholme has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Fairholme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11484/fairholme/topic/community