23.9% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Springfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 24% of people in Springfield volunteer, which is a far higher rate than across Victoria. This community is very active in giving their time, though fewer people here provide unpaid childcare compared to the state average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.9% of residents helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and well above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 22.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure—many others handle heavy domestic loads. Around 30.1% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, and 17.8% provide other types of unpaid care, both of which are well above the state and national averages.
17.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 30.1%
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.
About 2.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 54% 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 Springfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22325/springfield/topic/community