24.3% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Fine Flower · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 24.3% of people in Upper Fine Flower volunteer, making it a place where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than those in most other areas. This high level of community spirit stands in contrast to much lower rates of unpaid domestic and care work.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.3% of people pitching in. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
24.3% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas. Only 8.1% of people provide unpaid care and the same proportion care for children unpaid, both of which are far below the national average of around 26%.
8.1% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.1% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.8% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Upper Fine Flower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14044/upper-fine-flower/topic/community