11.0% ▼ -23.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seaford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seaford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11% of people in Seaford volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. While formal volunteering is low, more residents provide unpaid care compared to most other areas. This creates a community profile where private family support is more common than public service work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas. At 11%, the rate is a little below the Victorian figure and well below the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Seaford, with 13.8% of people providing this support, which is higher than most areas. This is driven by the 27.8% of residents who care for children unpaid, a figure slightly above both the state and national averages.
13.8% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.8% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
Defence Force service is around the middle for its level, with 2.7% of the population having served. This is about the same as the figures for Victoria 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 Seaford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22249/seaford/topic/community