20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Freemans Waterhole · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Freemans Waterhole
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people volunteer in Freemans Waterhole, making it a place where residents are much more likely to give their time than in other parts of the country. This strong spirit of helping out is mirrored in the high number of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.0% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Giving unpaid care is common here, with 16.8% of people providing support and 35.8% caring for children, both of which are well above the national figures. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are fewer than usual, at 18.9%.
16.8% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.8% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 18.9%
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.
No one in the area reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates for both New South Wales and Australia.
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 Freemans Waterhole [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11568/freemans-waterhole/topic/community