13.4% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seaford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seaford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual in Seaford provide unpaid care and support to others. While many residents help out at home, the area sees lower levels of formal volunteering than most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.4% of people volunteer here, which is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common in Seaford, with 14.5% of people providing unpaid care and 28.4% caring for children unpaid, both of which are higher than most areas.
14.5% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
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 Seaford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41315/seaford/topic/community