28.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fassifern Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fassifern Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 37% of residents in Fassifern Valley spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. The area shows a strong trend of community and family contribution, with high rates of volunteering and unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is well above the national figure at 34.1%, and housework levels are among the highest for similar areas. However, only 6.1% of people provide other unpaid care, which is well below the national rate of 11.9%.
6.1% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 36.6%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 6.9% of residents having served, well above the 2.8% national average.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 Fassifern Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31024/fassifern-valley/topic/community