18.5% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
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Community Participation in Forbes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 25.5% of people in Forbes provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution in the area. While local volunteering rates are well above the national figure, they have fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 18.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% national figure. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 25% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 22.7% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure. Unpaid childcare is common at 25.5%, while 12.6% of people provide other forms of unpaid care.
12.6% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 less common here than in most areas, with 2.3% of people having served in the Defence Force.
2.3%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) 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 Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12900/forbes/topic/community