20.9% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Spring Hill · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 38% of people in Spring Hill provide unpaid childcare, one of the highest rates for this level of area. This strong commitment to family is mirrored in the wider community, where residents are far more likely to volunteer or care for others than those in the rest of the state.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
20.9% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life, with 14.7% of people providing care and 25.4% doing over 15 hours of housework. Both figures are well above state and national levels.
14.7% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A higher share of the population than most areas has served in the Defence Force, at 3.5%. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Spring Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13631/spring-hill/topic/community