10.5% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seaford Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seaford Meadows
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Seaford Meadows has shifted, with a now striking number of residents focused on family duties. While few people volunteer, 37.1% of the population provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below both the South Australian rate of 17.0% and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid childcare is very common here, with 37.1% of residents doing so—far above the 26.3% seen across Australia. In contrast, 11.4% provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little below the state figure.
11.4% ▲ +26.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.1% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 less common here than in most other areas, with 2.0% of people having served in the Defence Force.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41317/seaford-meadows/topic/community