10.9% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 10.9%
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.
More people in Springfield are providing unpaid childcare than in most other areas, with 36% of residents in this role. This high level of family care stands out against a low rate of community volunteering, where the area sits well below the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.9% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The 36% of residents providing unpaid childcare is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (20.2%) or providing other unpaid care (11.6%) are about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
11.6% ▲ +29.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.0% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 20.2%
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.
Defence veterans are more common here than in most areas, with 4.2% of residents having served. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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/SAL32627/springfield/topic/community