12.2% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fletcher · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fletcher
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 40% of people in Fletcher provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of child caring is the standout feature of the area's community involvement. Other activities, like volunteering and general unpaid care, are less common here than in many other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.2% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The 39.9% of people caring for children unpaid is far above the New South Wales figure of 25.3%. However, other forms of help are less common, with the 11.4% of people providing general unpaid care being lower than most areas.
11.4% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
39.9% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 39.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Fletcher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11536/fletcher/topic/community