29.5% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 36.9%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Three Springs · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Three Springs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Three Springs volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement shapes daily life here, even though the number of volunteers has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 30% of residents volunteer, a rate much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national average. However, this figure fell by 7.4 percentage points between 2011 and 2021.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 7.3% of people providing care and 23.7% caring for children unpaid. Both figures are well below the state and national averages.
7.3% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 21.1%
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.
About 3.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.7%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) 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 Three Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58260/three-springs/topic/community