18.2% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springwood - Winmalee · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Springwood - Winmalee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Springwood - Winmalee provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the New South Wales average. This area shows high levels of community contribution, from a strong volunteering culture to a significant number of residents supporting others through unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of residents helping out, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this level of participation has fallen by 5.0 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 28.6% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, among the highest rates for similar areas. This sits alongside a high proportion of people providing general unpaid care (13.9%) and those caring for children (29.0%).
13.9% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 bit more of the population has served in the Defence Force here than in most other areas, with 3.6% of residents having served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.
3.6%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Springwood - Winmalee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/124011454/springwood-winmalee/topic/community