10.3% ▼ -41.6%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Farleigh · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Farleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Farleigh (L) are volunteering and doing unpaid housework than they were in 2011. While these activities have declined, more residents now provide unpaid care to others, with 14% of the population stepping into this role.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped significantly here, falling 7.3 percentage points since 2011. Only 10.3% of people now volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is more common than in most areas, rising to 14% since 2011. However, the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than most places, at 18.1%.
14.0% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
Only 1.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is among the lowest rates for areas of this size and a little below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
1.3%
Lower than 91% 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 Farleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322043/farleigh/topic/community