18.0% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Fillans · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Fillans
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in St Fillans volunteer and serve in the military than is typical for New South Wales. About 18% of the population gives their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to service, both in the local area and through the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18% of people helping out, which is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 9.7% of people provide unpaid care—a figure much lower than most areas—nearly 30% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national average.
9.7% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
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.
Military service is much more common in St Fillans than in most similar areas, with 4.8% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 St Fillans [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13649/st-fillans/topic/community