14.0% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fassifern · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fassifern
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Unpaid care is a significant part of daily life in Fassifern, where a much higher proportion of people provide care compared to most similar areas. While 14% of the community volunteers, the standout feature is the high level of support provided to family and others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people in Fassifern volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but slightly above the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high number of residents provide unpaid care, with 18.2% doing so, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with a higher share of people performing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly compared to the rest of the state.
18.2% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
Around 3.2% of people have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Fassifern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11498/fassifern/topic/community