17.2% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seaham · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seaham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Seaham contribute their time to others than in most similar areas. This is a community where 17.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in Seaham, as 30.4% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, and 17.5% of residents provide some form of unpaid care.
17.5% ▲ +44.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -27.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 34.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 30.4%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.1% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.8% recorded for Australia.
5.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality 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 Seaham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13525/seaham/topic/community