14.3% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seaholme · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seaholme
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fifteen per cent of people in Seaholme provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. While volunteering is common, the area is more defined by the high proportion of residents managing care and housework duties at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents in Seaholme volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 15% of people providing unpaid care and 28.4% caring for children, both of which are higher than in most areas. Additionally, 22.7% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a little above the national figure.
15.0% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
Only 1.8% of people in Seaholme have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Seaholme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22250/seaholme/topic/community