12.9% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Spring Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Spring Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Spring Hill than in the rest of the state. This is a place where community involvement is lower than average, and only 12.9% of residents volunteer their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dipped in the area, falling 2.3 percentage points since 2011 to reach 12.9%. This is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Spring Hill has some of the lowest rates of unpaid work, with only 12.2% of people caring for children and 6.4% providing other unpaid care. These figures are far below the Queensland and Australian averages.
6.4% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.2% ▲ +19.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.2% ▲ +32.9%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
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 and a little below the 2.8% national figure.
1.8%
Lower than 77% 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 Spring Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/305011111/spring-hill/topic/community