6.8% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fosterville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fosterville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over half of the people in Fosterville perform at least 15 hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure far above the national average. While many residents are heavily involved in home and family care, other forms of community contribution are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area sees very high levels of unpaid work, with 31.8% providing unpaid care and 34.1% caring for children, both of which are well above state and national figures. This is consistent with the 54.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the 20.7% average for Australia.
31.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
54.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 54.5%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a rate a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Fosterville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20942/fosterville/topic/community