13.0% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Spotswood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Spotswood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 32% of people in Spotswood provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average. While family care is a major part of daily life here, other types of community involvement are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The high rate of child care is a standout feature, though the 13.3% of people providing other unpaid care is only around the middle for its level. About 19.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is much lower than most areas.
13.3% ▲ +15.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▲ +34.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 service is less common here than in most areas, with 1.9% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Spotswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22319/spotswood/topic/community