20.2% ▼ -33.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Spring Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Spring Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines Spring Flat, where a high number of people give their time to the community. Over 20% of residents volunteer, and many more spend significant time on unpaid family care. This creates a community where local support and domestic work are much more common than in the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.2% of people in Spring Flat volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family support is a major part of life here, with 34.8% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the New South Wales figure. Similarly, 32.0% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, a rate far above the national average. General unpaid care for others sits at 12.3%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.3% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.8% ▲ +52.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.0% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 32.0%
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 2.0% of the population, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the national figure.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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).
More for Spring Flat
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Spring Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13629/spring-flat/topic/community