10.0% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fortescue · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fortescue
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people engage in unpaid care or volunteering in Fortescue compared to most other areas. Only 10% of the population volunteers, and the figures for unpaid childcare and housework are among the lowest in the region. This creates a profile of a community with far lower levels of unpaid domestic and social contribution than the state or national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with only 12.1% of people caring for children and 7.9% doing over 15 hours of housework—both figures being far below the state and national levels. Overall, the 7.9% of people providing any unpaid care is much lower than in most other areas.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.1% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.9% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 1.6% of the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below both the Western Australian and Australian figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Fortescue [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50519/fortescue/topic/community