18.2% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Springdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the state average defines Springdale, where 18.2% of people give their time to others. However, the area stands out for having very few residents engaged in unpaid care or housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.2% of people participating. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon in Springdale; no residents reported spending 15 or more hours on housework or providing general unpaid care. Those caring for children unpaid make up 22.7% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Springdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32626/springdale/topic/community