26.2% ▼ -23.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springhurst · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Springhurst
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap exists between Springhurst and the rest of the country when it comes to community spirit. Local residents are far more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than people in the wider state or nation. This is most striking in volunteering, where the local rate is double the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.2% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national figure and much higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 20% providing unpaid care and 28.4% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly—both figures are well above the national average. Meanwhile, the 25.8% of people caring for children unpaid is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
20.0% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 28.4%
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 3.6% of the population, which is a little above the Victorian figure and higher than most areas.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Springhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22326/springhurst/topic/community