1.6% ▼ -67.1%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fulham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fulham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very low levels of community involvement mark Fulham, where engagement in volunteering and unpaid care is among the lowest for similar areas. Only 1.6% of people here volunteer, a figure far below the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is rare in Fulham, with just 1.6% of people helping out. This is far below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common here than in other areas. Only 5.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, and just 2.1% provide general unpaid care, both of which are far below the Victorian figures.
2.1% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
5.4% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.2% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.2%
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.
Defence service is less common than in most areas. Only 0.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
0.4%
Lower than 74% 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 Fulham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20956/fulham/topic/community