17.3% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forth · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Forth
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Forth (L) spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This high level of home support is seen alongside a strong rate of unpaid care for others and a higher-than-usual number of former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.3% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is a decrease from 2011, when 21% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.8% of people providing care for others, which is much higher than most areas. While the number of people caring for children unpaid fell to 22.7%, there has been a rise in those doing heavy housework since 2011.
15.8% ▲ +35.0%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -41.3%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▲ +21.2%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.5% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 71% 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 Forth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622009/forth/topic/community