14.0% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Farrar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Farrar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family responsibilities and military service have shaped the local way of life in Farrar since 2011. A huge 34.8% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. This creates a community where many people balance home duties alongside their other roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people in Farrar volunteer, which is about the same as the figures for the Northern Territory and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While many people provide unpaid childcare, only 9.5% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure. This is consistent with fewer people, 15.9%, spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
9.5% ▲ +36.6%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.8% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.4%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
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.
Military service is very common here, with 8.8% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
8.8%
Higher than 93% 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 Farrar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70098/farrar/topic/community