19.4% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Middle Falbrook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Middle Falbrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Middle Falbrook volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This level of community involvement is a standout feature for the area, which also has a notably high proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 9.7% of people provide unpaid care—a little below the national figure—domestic work is more prevalent. About 30.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the Australian average of 20.7%. Meanwhile, those caring for children unpaid are much lower than most areas at 19.4%.
9.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.6% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 30.6%
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.
Service history is much more common here than in most areas. People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.7% of the population, well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.7%
Higher than 88% 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 Middle Falbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12615/middle-falbrook/topic/community