11.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fumina South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fumina South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people perform unpaid work in Fumina South than in most similar areas. While volunteering is less common here, nearly 20% of residents provide unpaid care. This level of support is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.8% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 47.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the 20.7% national average. This high level of activity is consistent with 19.6% of residents providing unpaid care, which is well above the national figure.
19.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
47.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 47.1%
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 figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the national average 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 Fumina South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20958/fumina-south/topic/community