27.2% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Foster · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Foster
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Foster, where 27.2% of people volunteer. This rate is far above the national figure of 14.1%, making it one of the most active areas for community work in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than a quarter of the population volunteers here. This is far above the Victoria figure of 13.3% and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While few people provide unpaid childcare compared to the national figure of 26.3%, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are well above the national rate at 27.4%. General unpaid care is about the same as the state average at 13.5%.
13.5% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.0% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 27.4%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 3.4% of people having served. This is a little above the Victoria figure of 2.0%.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Foster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20940/foster/topic/community