22.5% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Spring Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Spring Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than two in ten people in Spring Ridge volunteer their time, which is a strikingly high rate compared to the rest of the country. This spirit of community contribution stands out in a place where unpaid care and military service are less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few people here provide unpaid childcare, at 19.4%, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Other unpaid work is more typical, with 23.0% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, slightly above the national average.
10.4% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
Only 1.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Spring Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13635/spring-ridge/topic/community