19.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Farrants Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Farrants Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Farrants Hill volunteer their time, a rate well above both the state and national figures. This high level of community involvement is paired with a strong history of military service and significant amounts of unpaid work in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.3% of residents giving their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work in the home is very high, as 31.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 14.9% provide unpaid care, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average.
14.9% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.8% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.6% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 31.6%
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.
A much higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 6.1% of the population having served.
6.1%
Higher than 87% 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 Farrants Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11496/farrants-hill/topic/community