20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fishers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fishers Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more residents in Fishers Hill contribute their time to others than in the rest of the country. About 20% of people volunteer here, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of helping extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are much more common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a common activity in Fishers Hill, with 20% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high here, with 47.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the Australian average of 20.7%. This high level of home commitment is consistent with the 20% who provide unpaid care and the 35% who care for children unpaid, both of which are well above state and national levels.
20.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
47.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 47.5%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force. This 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 Fishers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11528/fishers-hill/topic/community