28.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Falconer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Falconer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in two people in Falconer provide unpaid childcare, making it one of the highest areas for this type of work. This strong trend of helping others extends to general community service and care, though few residents have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
A striking 28.6% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 25.7% of people providing support—far above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. While 51.4% of people care for children unpaid, only 14.3% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well below the national figure.
25.7% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
51.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.2%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
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.
No one in Falconer has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is a little below both the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Falconer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11489/falconer/topic/community