19.3% ▼ -31.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Faraday · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Faraday
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and service define Faraday compared to most similar areas. Nearly one in five people here have served in the Defence Force, and volunteering is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 19.3% of people in Faraday volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 32.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, a figure far above the national 20.7%. This is consistent with a high rate of unpaid carers, who make up 19.3% of the population.
19.3% ▲ +16.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.7% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.8%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 32.7%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.2% of people having served, which is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.2%
Higher than 83% 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 Faraday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20907/faraday/topic/community