13.1% ▼ -40.2%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fairy Hill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Fairy Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care than similar areas define Fairy Hill. While nearly 30% of people provide unpaid childcare, the number of residents volunteering for community groups has dropped sharply over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen 8.8 percentage points since 2011 to 13.1%, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 14.7% providing general unpaid care, both well above the state and national figures. This is consistent with the 29.5% of residents who care for children unpaid, which is much higher than most other areas.
14.7% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 34.1%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▼ -24.7%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 28.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.0% of the population, which is a little above the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
4.0%
Higher than 61% 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 Fairy Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122056/fairy-hill/topic/community