27.2% ▼ -28.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Faulkland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Faulkland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Faulkland than in the rest of the country. While only 14.1% of Australians volunteer, 27.2% of people here do, marking a significant gap compared to national trends.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.2% of residents helping out. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and much higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for 23.9% of residents, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. While 30.4% do plenty of housework, the 18.5% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average.
23.9% ▲ +226.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 30.4%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure 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 Faulkland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11500/faulkland/topic/community