17.4% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Farrer · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Farrer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most similar areas define Farrer, where 17.4% of people give their time to help others. While this is well above the national figure, it represents a drop from 2011 when 22.4% of the community volunteered.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.4% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 12.7% of people helping others. Meanwhile, about 25.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare and 21.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are about the same as national levels.
12.7% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 67% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 55% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
About 3.0% of people in Farrer have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 57% of federal electorate 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 Farrer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED114/farrer/topic/community