14.1% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fitzroy Crossing · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Fitzroy Crossing
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 32% of people in Fitzroy Crossing provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family support is a standout feature of the community, even as other forms of unpaid work and volunteering have declined.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen since 2011 to 14.1%, a figure that is about the same as the national average but a little below the state total.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While providing unpaid care for others is at 11.6%, far fewer people do 15 or more hours of housework each week compared to the rest of the state. However, the proportion of people caring for children has risen since 2011 to 32%, which is much higher than most areas.
11.6% ▲ +11.8%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▲ +23.4%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.7% ▼ -55.4%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
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.
Only 2.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than most other areas.
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 Fitzroy Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515014/fitzroy-crossing/topic/community