10.0% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seabrook · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Seabrook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of people in Seabrook provide unpaid childcare, with 30.4% of the population doing so. This is well above the national figure, though the area has a much lower rate of volunteering than most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.0% of people here volunteer, which is well below the national rate of 14.1%. This figure has fallen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 30.4% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is well above the state and national averages. Meanwhile, 12.7% provide other unpaid care, which has risen since 2011, and 21.4% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
12.7% ▲ +27.2%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 32.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas.
1.8%
Lower than 76% 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 Seabrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213021345/seabrook/topic/community