28.2% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fishermans Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fishermans Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates have climbed significantly in Fishermans Bay, with 28.2% of residents now giving their time to a cause. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as a place where community involvement is much more common than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 30% of people here volunteer, which is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 15.5% of people providing care and 29.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national average. However, the 12.7% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
15.5% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.7% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 29.6%
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 high proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, at 7.1%, which is well above both the state and national figures.
7.1%
Higher than 89% 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 Fishermans Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11525/fishermans-bay/topic/community