19.1% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fingal Bay · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Fingal Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Fingal Bay volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. While volunteering has dipped since 2011, the area remains much more active in community work than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.1% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%. This is a drop from 2011, when 27.0% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing care and 25.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are higher than most areas. In contrast, the 15.9% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
14.3% ▲ +106.0%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.1% ▲ +60.4%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 25.1%
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.
A much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to similar areas, with 5.4% of residents having served. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.4%
Higher than 82% of urban centre 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 Fingal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115058/fingal-bay/topic/community