15.2% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Ferntree Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Ferntree Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A little above the national average for volunteering and unpaid care, Upper Ferntree Gully sees a high level of local contribution. About 14.5% of people provide unpaid care, which is higher than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is slightly more common here than across Victoria and Australia, with 15.2% of residents giving their time, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents provide unpaid support, with 27.4% caring for children and 14.5% providing general unpaid care, both of which are higher than most areas. Additionally, 23.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the Victorian average.
14.5% ▲ +28.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 23.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Upper Ferntree Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22614/upper-ferntree-gully/topic/community