6.3% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springvale South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Springvale South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower rates of unpaid work and volunteering mark Springvale South compared to similar areas. Only 6.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend extends across most forms of community and home support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas at this level, with only 6.3% of people taking part. This is well below the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 9.7% of people providing it. This is consistent with lower rates of unpaid childcare (21.1%) and housework, where only 13.4% of residents do 15 or more hours a week.
9.7% ▼ -0.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.4% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.7%. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.7%
Lower than 70% 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 Springvale South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22329/springvale-south/topic/community