41.5% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Furracabad · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Furracabad
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 41.5% of people in Furracabad volunteer, making this one of the most active areas for community work in the region. Local residents are far more likely to give their time to others than people in the rest of New South Wales or Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 41.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above the New South Wales average of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 29.3% of people providing this care, which is well above the state average. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 7.3%.
7.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 22.0%
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 Furracabad has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
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 Furracabad [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11579/furracabad/topic/community