22.2% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.6%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fadden · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fadden
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Fadden provide unpaid childcare, which is a much higher share than in most other areas. This community is defined by high levels of contribution, from a strong culture of volunteering to a significant number of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of people pitching in. This is well above the 18.4% seen across the ACT and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very prevalent in Fadden, as 15.3% of people provide unpaid care and 23.9% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. Both figures are well above those for the ACT and Australia.
15.3% ▲ +39.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.9% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
Service to the country is a key feature of the area, with 6.9% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Fadden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80051/fadden/topic/community