19.3% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Flynn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Flynn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More residents in Flynn contribute to their community through unpaid work and service than in most similar areas. A striking 33.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This pattern of high participation extends across volunteering and defence service as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for its level and slightly higher than the ACT's 18.4%. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.0% of people providing care—a little above the national figure. This is driven largely by childcare, as 33.8% of residents care for children unpaid, a rate much higher than most areas.
14.0% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.8% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▲ +0.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.0% of the population. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.0%
Higher than 81% 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 Flynn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80055/flynn/topic/community