16.1% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Falls Creek · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Falls Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Falls Creek do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure much higher than most areas. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid work and a strong history of military service. While volunteering is common, it has dipped slightly in recent years.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure. This is a drop of 2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, with 16.5% of residents providing care—well above the New South Wales figure. This includes 29.4% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national average and has risen since 2011.
16.5% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% ▲ +20.7%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 29.4%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 6.0% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
6.0%
Higher than 87% of urban centre 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 Falls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122057/falls-creek/topic/community