15.3% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Springfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Springfield (Central Coast - NSW) has shifted over the last decade, though unpaid care remains a significant part of local life. Nearly 30% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the figures for New South Wales and Australia, although this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in the area, with 29.7% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. Additionally, 13.2% provide some form of unpaid care and 23.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.2% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
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.
The proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is 2.3%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Springfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13639/springfield/topic/community