18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Springdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Springdale than in most similar areas. While a high number of residents help out in the community, significantly fewer people here provide unpaid childcare or housework compared to the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of people helping out, which is well above the 13.0% figure for New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is very high at 17.3%, well above the national figure. However, this contrasts with childcare and housework, as the 19.1% who care for children and 17.3% doing heavy housework are both well below the national averages.
17.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Springdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13637/springdale/topic/community