41.8% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fawcett · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fawcett
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 41.8% of people in Fawcett volunteer, placing it far above the Victorian and national figures. This level of community involvement is among the highest for similar areas. It is a place where residents contribute heavily to others through unpaid work and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 41.8% of residents helping out, which is 28 percentage points higher than the state and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much more common than in most areas at 32.8%, though the 17.9% who do 15 or more hours of housework is a little below the national figure.
13.4% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.3%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 far more frequent in Fawcett than across Victoria or Australia, with 14.7% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
14.7%
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 Fawcett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20908/fawcett/topic/community