26.3% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Far Meadow · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Far Meadow
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of service has grown in Far Meadow, where residents are now far more likely to volunteer than they were in the past. About 26.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.3% of residents pitching in, which is much higher than most similar areas and far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 12.9% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the Australian average—a much higher than usual 34.0% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. Around 13.4% of the community provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the state and national figures.
13.4% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.9% ▼ -44.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.0% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.3%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 34.0%
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.
Service to the country is more common in Far Meadow than in most areas, with 5.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Far Meadow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11491/far-meadow/topic/community