29.0% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springbank · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Springbank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Springbank than in the rest of the state. Nearly 29% of the community gives their time to others, which is more than double the Victorian average of 13.3%. This strong spirit of helping extends to a high number of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.0% of people helping out. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life in Springbank, where 23.0% of people provide this support, far above the national figure of 11.9%. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much less common here than in most areas, at 17.0%.
23.0% ▲ +128.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -48.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.0% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Springbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22322/springbank/topic/community