8.2% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fawkner · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fawkner
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Fawkner has remained low over the last decade, with only 8.2% of people volunteering. This is well below the national figure, marking it as one of the least active areas for volunteer work in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.2% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the Victoria figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.2% of people providing care, though the 18.5% who do 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most areas.
13.2% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
Those who served in the Defence Force make up 0.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.6%
Lower than 70% 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 Fawkner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20909/fawkner/topic/community