28.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Farringdon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Farringdon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Farringdon volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out in a place where very few people provide unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most other areas. At 28.6%, the rate is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Almost half of residents (47.6%) spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure. In contrast, those providing unpaid care or looking after children are among the lowest in the country at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
47.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 0.0% of the population, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
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 Farringdon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11497/farringdon/topic/community