14.7% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seddon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seddon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Seddon than in most other areas. While 28.2% of residents care for children, this is balanced by a much lower rate of people spending significant time on general housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of the community volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and almost the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here at 28.2%, slightly above the national figure of 26.3%. However, the 18.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
12.1% ▲ +26.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.7% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 18.7%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, with only 1.3% doing so, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.3%
Lower than 65% 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 Seddon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22256/seddon/topic/community