23.8% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fern Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fern Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Fern Gully volunteer, a figure far above the New South Wales rate. This community is highly active in unpaid work, though it has very few people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.8% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 33.3% of people do more than 15 hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure. However, those providing unpaid care are much lower than most areas at 7.1%, and child care is a little below the New South Wales rate at 23.8%.
7.1% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 Fern Gully has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales 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 Fern Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11505/fern-gully/topic/community