14.2% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seddon - Kingsville · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Seddon - Kingsville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Seddon - Kingsville provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average. This highlights a strong focus on family support within the area, though other forms of community work and service are more typical of the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure. This is a slight drop from 2011, when 15.4% of people volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is much higher than most areas at 29.8%, rising since 2011. Meanwhile, 12.3% provide other unpaid care and 19.1% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is a little below the national figure.
12.3% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▲ +6.4%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 much lower than most other areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 85% 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 Seddon - Kingsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213031350/seddon-kingsville/topic/community