19.3% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Spring Gully · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Spring Gully
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Spring Gully volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with high rates of unpaid care and a healthy number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of the population volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.9% of people providing such support, which is much higher than most areas. This is consistent with 28.4% of residents caring for children unpaid, a rate a little above the national figure.
15.9% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
Around 3.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Spring Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22320/spring-gully/topic/community