12.7% ▼ -36.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Falls Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Falls Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of unpaid work defines Falls Creek, where 30% of people spend 15 hours or more each week on housework. This is well above the national figure and suggests a community heavily involved in domestic duties. While some areas focus on formal volunteering, this place is more shaped by home-based care and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.7% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 15.8% providing care and 30% doing significant housework, both of which are well above state and national levels. This includes 26.3% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure about the same as the rest of Australia.
15.8% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
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 more common in Falls Creek than in most areas, with 4.5% of people having served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Falls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11490/falls-creek/topic/community