18.2% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Frenchs Forest · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Frenchs Forest
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Frenchs Forest provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This reflects a community with high levels of family support and active involvement. Local residents also volunteer at rates significantly higher than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 33.7% of people providing this care, much higher than most areas. Additionally, 25.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though the 11.9% who provide other unpaid care is about the same as the Australian average.
11.9% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.7% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.3%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 2.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Frenchs Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11571/frenchs-forest/topic/community