12.3% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Franklin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Franklin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Franklin provide unpaid childcare, one of the highest rates for the area. While family care is common, other forms of community contribution and service are less frequent than in similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower than most areas, with only 12.3% of residents helping out. This is well below the ACT figure of 18.4%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a little above the national figure—other forms of home support are rare. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework (15.9%) and those providing general unpaid care (7.9%) are both well below the figures for the ACT and Australia.
7.9% ▲ +3.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.9% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 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.
A much higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, at 4.7%. This is a little above the national average of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Franklin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80058/franklin/topic/community