12.6% ▲ +16.4%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fitzroy Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fitzroy Crossing
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid childcare define the community involvement in Fitzroy Crossing compared to similar areas. While 32.1% of people provide unpaid care for children, other forms of community contribution like volunteering are notably lower than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 32.1% of people care for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are among the lowest at 11.2%, far below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
11.7% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.2% ▲ +53.5%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
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.
About 2.1% of people here have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Fitzroy Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50508/fitzroy-crossing/topic/community