16.7% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fitzroy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fitzroy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people give their time to others in Fitzroy than in most other parts of the country. About 16.7% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure. However, very few people here spend their time on unpaid childcare or housework compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.7% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and slightly higher than the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common in Fitzroy than in other areas. Only 13.3% of people care for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%, and only 12.6% do 15 or more hours of housework per week.
10.3% ▲ +29.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.6% ▲ +27.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 12.6%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 1.1% of people having served. This is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Fitzroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20924/fitzroy/topic/community