13.0% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seelands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seelands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Seelands has seen various shifts, with 5.9% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is a much higher rate than most similar areas. While volunteering remains steady, the local profile is marked by a high proportion of people performing significant unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.0% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than in most other areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 26.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, the 20.1% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
12.7% ▲ +212.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 26.3%
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 common here, with 5.9% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
5.9%
Higher than 86% 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 Seelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13530/seelands/topic/community