11.7% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springwood - Kingston · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Springwood - Kingston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.7% of people in Springwood - Kingston volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. This reflects a general trend of declining community volunteering in the region. While few people give their time to organisations, there is a strong presence of people managing unpaid care for children within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011 to reach 11.7%. This is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, with 27.6% of residents doing so. Meanwhile, 11.7% provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.7% ▲ +12.8%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 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.
Defence service is less common here than in most areas, with 2.4% of the population having served. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
2.4%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) 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 - Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31106/springwood-kingston/topic/community