32.8% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 42.1%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fryerstown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fryerstown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap in volunteering separates Fryerstown from the rest of the country. About 33% of people here volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This community is highly active in unpaid work and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 32.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 20.6% of people providing care and 33.8% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures far above the national average. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the state and national figures at 22.5%.
20.6% ▲ +101.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -39.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.8% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 33.8%
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 4.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above both the Victorian (2.0%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Fryerstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20955/fryerstown/topic/community