19.1% ▲ +7.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fingal Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fingal Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fingal Bay sees more people giving their time to others than most similar areas. Nearly one in five residents volunteers, a figure that is well above the national average. This spirit of contribution is paired with a notably high number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.1% of people helping out, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than usual, with 14.3% of people providing support. This is a little above the national figure, and 25.1% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, though the 15.9% who care for children is far below the Australian average.
14.3% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
A much higher share of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to similar areas, with 5.4% of residents having served, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Fingal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11521/fingal-bay/topic/community