22.5% ▼ -31.9%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Firgrove · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Firgrove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of residents in Firgrove provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than most other areas. This high level of family support is a key feature of the local community. Other participation rates, such as volunteering, remain well above the national figure despite a recent decline.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.5% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. However, this is down 11 percentage points from 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is frequent in Firgrove; 33.5% of people care for children and 27.9% do significant housework, both figures being well above the New South Wales average. General unpaid care is slightly above the state figure at 13.7%.
13.7% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.5% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.9% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 27.9%
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.
A small number of people in Firgrove have served in the Defence Force, at 2.9%. This is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Firgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121040/firgrove/topic/community