11.1% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fords Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fords Bridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few residents in Fords Bridge contribute to unpaid care or volunteer work compared to other parts of the country. Only 11.1% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national figure. This pattern of low community participation extends across childcare and housework as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Fords Bridge are much lower than most areas, with only 11.1% of people helping out. This is a little below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and well below the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is far less common here than in the rest of the state. Only 14.8% of people care for children unpaid, and 11.1% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are far below national levels. No one in the area provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.1% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
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 Fords Bridge has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
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 Fords Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11543/fords-bridge/topic/community