21.7% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ferny Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ferny Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Ferny Creek do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is far above the state figure. This is a community where residents are much more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life; 17.1% of people provide unpaid care and 29.7% look after children unpaid, both of which are well above national figures.
17.1% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 30.2%
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 2.5% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Ferny Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20918/ferny-creek/topic/community