22.6% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springrange · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Springrange
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well over a quarter of residents in Springrange provide unpaid care for children, reflecting a community with high levels of family and social support. This area sees a much higher rate of volunteering and unpaid work compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 22.6% of people giving their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 29.4% of people do at least 15 hours of housework weekly. This is much higher than the national figure of 20.7%, and 13.7% of residents provide some form of unpaid care.
13.7% ▲ +36.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.9% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.5%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 29.4%
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.
A little more than 3.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is slightly above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Springrange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13641/springrange/topic/community