12.3% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Svensson Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Svensson Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual share of residents in Svensson Heights provide unpaid care for others. While 14.9% of people offer unpaid care, which is well above the national figure, the area has a lower rate of volunteering than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and a little below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.9% of residents providing support—well above the 11.9% national figure. Meanwhile, 23.9% care for children unpaid, which is around the middle for similar areas.
14.9% ▲ +29.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most other areas, with 3.9% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.9%
Higher than 71% 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 Svensson Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32705/svensson-heights/topic/community