26.9% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Foster · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Foster
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 27% of people in Foster volunteer, which is far above the national figure and a defining part of local life. This high level of community spirit has remained steady for a decade, even as other types of unpaid work in the area have shifted.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas, with 26.9% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 14.1% national average and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare has fallen sharply since 2011 to 12.8%, which is now far below the national figure. Meanwhile, the 13% of people providing general unpaid care is about the same as the state average.
13.0% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.8% ▼ -46.0%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 23.7%
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 little over 3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2% seen across Victoria and is about the same as the Australian average.
3.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Foster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215034/foster/topic/community