18.6% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forest Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Forest Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Forest Grove provide unpaid care for others, reflecting a community where helping out is a big part of daily life. This spirit of service extends to volunteering and military history, with figures well above state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of people giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very frequent, as 19.6% of residents provide care—well above the 11.9% national average. This includes 28.9% who care for children and 27.8% who do 15 or more hours of housework a week, both of which are higher than most areas.
19.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas. About 4.3% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Forest Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11546/forest-grove/topic/community