22.9% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Fairy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Fairy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a big part of life in Mount Fairy, where 22.9% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. The area is also known for a very high number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 23% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13% and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 34.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside a much higher than usual 31.3% of residents who provide unpaid childcare.
13.4% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.8% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 34.8%
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.
A striking 11.3% of people in Mount Fairy have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well above the national average of 2.8%.
11.3%
Higher 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 Mount Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12769/mount-fairy/topic/community