12.3% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fernhill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fernhill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower levels of volunteering than most similar areas define Fernhill. While 13.5% of people provide some form of unpaid care, this is slightly higher than the national figure. Overall, the community shows lower rates of unpaid childcare and military service than many other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is a little more common here than in the rest of Australia, with 13.5% of people helping out. However, the 20.6% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.5% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.6% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
Only 1.4% of people in Fernhill have served in the Defence Force, a rate that is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Fernhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11510/fernhill/topic/community