28.9% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Springside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of volunteering defines the community in Springside, where 28.9% of people give their time to help others. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%, marking the area as a place where residents are much more active in community support than most other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 29% of residents volunteer, a figure that is much higher than most other areas. This is far above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 34.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside a slightly higher than average 27.7% of people caring for children unpaid, though only 8.0% provide other types of unpaid care, which is well below the national rate.
8.0% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.9% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 34.9%
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 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Springside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13642/springside/topic/community