14.6% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fiddletown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fiddletown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Fiddletown has remained steady, with 14.6% of residents volunteering their time. While this is lower than in many similar areas, it sits slightly above the New South Wales figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the state average of 13.0% and about the same as the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 27.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. However, those providing unpaid care for others are much lower than most areas at 8.7%, and children's unpaid care is well below the Australian average.
8.7% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.7%
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 Fiddletown reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below 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 Fiddletown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11516/fiddletown/topic/community