17.6% ▼ -32.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fernleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fernleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure, 17.6% of people in Fernleigh volunteer their time. This community shows a strong commitment to unpaid work, particularly within the home and through local volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework and childcare are common here, with 27.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%. Around 28.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the Australian average.
10.6% ▼ -49.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most other areas, with 2% of people having served, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Fernleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11511/fernleigh/topic/community