21.4% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
Volunteer rates have risen since 2011 in Falls Creek, where 21.4% of people now give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While community spirit is high, far fewer people are performing unpaid care or housework compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people (21.4%) volunteer here, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure has climbed by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere, with only 4.8% of people providing care and 12.1% caring for children. Both figures have fallen since 2011, and the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework has also dropped to 10.3%.
4.8% ▼ -42.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.1% ▼ -60.7%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.3% ▼ -52.1%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 10.3%
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.
Defence service is rare in the area, with 1.0% of people having served. This is about the same as the Victorian figure and a little below the national average of 2.8%.
1.0%
Lower than 93% 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/UCL222024/falls-creek/topic/community