12.8% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Farleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Farleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 26% of people in Farleigh provide unpaid childcare, which is a common level for the area. This highlight of community support sits alongside a small number of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with only 12.8% of residents giving their time.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 23.1% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, which is a little above the national figure. Unpaid childcare and general caregiving are about the same as Queensland and Australian levels.
11.4% ▲ +46.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
Only 1.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the national average.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Farleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31019/farleigh/topic/community