30.7% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Port Fairy · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Port Fairy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines daily life in Port Fairy, where nearly 31% of people volunteer. This is far above the Victorian average of 13.3% and is among the highest rates for similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.7% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%, although this has fallen slightly by 0.9 points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the 20.1% seen across Victoria. This reflects a wider trend toward unpaid care in the area, with those providing general care rising to 15.8% since 2011.
15.8% ▲ +16.9%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
Defence service is fairly typical for a place of this size, with 3.3% of the population having served, which is a little above the state average of 2.0%.
3.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Port Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215069/port-fairy/topic/community