14.6% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Figtree · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Figtree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Figtree spend their time on unpaid care and housework. While the area is lower than most for volunteering, around 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of people here volunteer, a figure that is a little above the New South Wales average but lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.0% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is consistent with 30.1% of people caring for children unpaid, which is also well above the state and national averages.
13.5% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
Those who served in the Defence Force make up 1.7% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 62% 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 Figtree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11518/figtree/topic/community