12.8% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ferntree Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ferntree Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people in Ferntree Gully provide unpaid childcare, a figure higher than most similar areas. While many residents take on these caring roles, the community has a lower rate of volunteering than other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.9% of people providing care, which is higher than most areas. This is driven largely by childcare, as 28.0% of residents care for children unpaid, a little above the national figure.
13.9% ▲ +25.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -3.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
About 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Victorian figure.
2.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Ferntree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20917/ferntree-gully/topic/community