17.4% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seymour Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Seymour Surrounds
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 18.1% of people in Seymour Surrounds have served in the Defence Force, which is far above the national figure. While the area has a very high rate of volunteering, this has declined since 2011. Local residents also spend more time on unpaid housework than most people across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of people helping out, a figure well above the Victorian average of 13.3%. However, this rate has fallen by 7.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is frequent, with 13.5% of people providing care and 24.4% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. Meanwhile, the 25.0% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the state average.
13.5% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
Defence service is exceptionally high in this area, with 18.1% of residents having served. This is far above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
18.1%
Higher than 99% 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 Seymour Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011060/seymour-surrounds/topic/community