14.9% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seaspray · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seaspray
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Seaspray spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This community is very active in supporting others, with high rates of unpaid care and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure and roughly the same as the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.2% of people providing care—well above the national figure. This includes 25% of people caring for children unpaid, which is a little below the state and national figures.
15.2% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▲ +16.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 higher proportion of people in Seaspray have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, sitting at 3.7%.
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 Seaspray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22251/seaspray/topic/community