28.5% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Aireys Inlet - Fairhaven · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Aireys Inlet - Fairhaven
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 28.5% of people in Aireys Inlet - Fairhaven volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement marks the area as one of the most active for volunteering. While many residents give their time to others, there has been a slight drop in volunteer rates since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the highest for similar areas at 28.5%, sitting 14 percentage points above the Australian average. This is despite a small 2 percentage point dip since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.8% of people providing care and 27% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is 22.4%, which is well below the state and national averages.
16.8% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.0% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
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 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
2.4%
Lower than 79% 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 Aireys Inlet - Fairhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215001/aireys-inlet-fairhaven/topic/community