12.9% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Speers Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Speers Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of unpaid care define the community of Speers Point compared to the rest of the state. While volunteering is less common here than in other areas, there is a strong presence of people supporting families and veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.9% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 14.8% of people providing care, well above the New South Wales figure of 11.5%. This includes 27.8% of residents caring for children and 25.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, both of which are well above national levels.
14.8% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 more common in Speers Point than in most other areas, with 3.8% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Speers Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13621/speers-point/topic/community