9.2% ▼ -54.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fishery Falls · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fishery Falls
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much fewer people volunteer in Fishery Falls compared to the rest of the state. While 13.6% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, only 9.2% of the community spend their time volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.2% of people volunteer here, which is well below the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much less common here than in most areas, with only 17.9% of people involved. However, 22.3% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, a little above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.6% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.3% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.3%
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 3.7% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Fishery Falls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31043/fishery-falls/topic/community