19.2% ▼ -32.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flying Fish Cove · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Flying Fish Cove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of residents in Flying Fish Cove have seen their volunteering rates drop by 9.3 percentage points since 2011. Despite this fall, 19.2% of people still volunteer, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.2% of people here volunteer, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is handled by 24.3% of residents, while those providing other unpaid care or doing over 15 hours of housework are among the lowest in the country.
6.6% ▲ +69.8%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
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 uncommon here, with 2.2% of people having served, which is much lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure.
2.2%
Lower than 83% 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 Flying Fish Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL915001/flying-fish-cove/topic/community