16.4% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fishing Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fishing Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Fishing Point do a lot of unpaid housework, which is much higher than in most other areas. This high level of home-based work sits alongside a strong a tendency for residents to volunteer and provide care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a high rate of unpaid work, with 14.8% of people providing care and 29.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 23.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, slightly below the state average.
14.8% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 29.4%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.0% of the population having served, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Fishing Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11529/fishing-point/topic/community