11.1% ▼ -69.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.9%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fosters Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fosters Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more residents in Fosters Valley perform heavy unpaid work than in most other areas. While 33.3% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, volunteering is much lower than average. This suggests a community more focused on domestic and care duties than formal community groups.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.1% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care and 27% caring for children. Notably, the 33.3% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework is far above the New South Wales figure of 21.2%.
14.3% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.0% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 other areas, with 4.4% of people having served in the force compared to 2.8% nationally.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Fosters Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11555/fosters-valley/topic/community