10.8% ▼ -55.0%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fernvale · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Fernvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap exists between Fernvale and the rest of the country, where unpaid family care is much more common but volunteering has dropped. While 36.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, only 10.8% of the community volunteer, which is well below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Fernvale has fallen sharply, dropping 13 percentage points since 2011 to 10.8%. This is now well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents handle significant home duties, with 36.2% caring for children unpaid—well above the 26.3% national average. This is alongside 13.8% who provide general unpaid care and 25.6% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.8% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.2% ▲ +63.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 25.6%
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.
Military service is common here, with 7.0% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
7.0%
Higher than 92% 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 Fernvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315035/fernvale/topic/community