15.1% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seacombe Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seacombe Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Seacombe Heights provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This reflects a community where a high proportion of residents are managing family responsibilities alongside other daily tasks.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 34.6% of residents caring for children—well above the Australian average of 26.3%. This is seen alongside a slightly higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework per week compared to the rest of the country.
13.1% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 24.3%
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 3.1% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Seacombe Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41314/seacombe-heights/topic/community