15.4% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fingal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fingal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people spend their time on unpaid housework in Fingal than in the rest of the state. While 15.4% of residents volunteer, the community is most defined by a high rate of people providing unpaid care and home duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Fingal are lower than most similar areas, though they remain a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 30.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is far above the state's 20.1%. This sits alongside a higher than usual 15.0% of residents providing unpaid care, though the 22.3% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure.
15.0% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.2% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 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 3.0% of Fingal residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Fingal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20920/fingal/topic/community