17.6% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fairfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fairfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Fairfield (Vic.) now give their time to the community than in previous years. A striking 17.6% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This shows a strong local commitment to unpaid work across the suburb.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate of 17.6% is well above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%. This level of participation is around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13.6% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much lower than most areas, at 18.3%.
13.6% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.1% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.3% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
Only 0.9% of people in Fairfield have served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Fairfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20901/fairfield/topic/community