30.0% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Fairy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Port Fairy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community contribution define Port Fairy, where 30% of people volunteer. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. Residents here are more likely than most others to give their time to help out in the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Port Fairy, with 30% of people pitching in. This is far above both the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are more likely to provide unpaid help than most areas. This includes 15.4% providing general unpaid care and 28.7% doing at least 15 hours of housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
15.4% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
A higher share of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.4%, this is a little above the Victorian rate of 2% and about the same as the Australian figure.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Port Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22105/port-fairy/topic/community