21.1% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fingal Head · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fingal Head
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A well above average 21.1% of people in Fingal Head volunteer, marking this as a community with much higher levels of participation than most similar areas. This spirit of contribution extends to home life, where unpaid care and housework are more common than the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 21.1% of residents giving their time, 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 much more common than in most areas, with 17.2% of people providing this support. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly are also well above the national average at 24.4%.
17.2% ▲ +38.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
About 2.3% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11522/fingal-head/topic/community