13.9% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Freemans Reach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Freemans Reach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Freemans Reach has remained steady over the last decade, but unpaid home duties are very common here. A striking 30.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people volunteer their time, a rate that is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent in this area, with 26.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the New South Wales figure, which is consistent with the fact that childcare duties are also much higher than most areas.
11.8% ▲ +12.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 26.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Freemans Reach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11567/freemans-reach/topic/community