26.8% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Forbes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Forbes Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 27% of people in Forbes Creek volunteer their time, making it a place with far more active community contributors than most other areas. This high level of engagement is seen across both formal volunteering and unpaid care roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.8% of residents giving their time. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of local life, as 19.6% of people provide this support, which is well above the 11.9% national average. While 25% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the rest of the state, only 17.9% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
19.6% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.9% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
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 much more common here than in other parts of the country. About 11.3% of people have served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
11.3%
Higher 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 Forbes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11540/forbes-creek/topic/community