17.2% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seaview Downs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Seaview Downs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define Seaview Downs compared to state and national figures. Around 32.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the Australian average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of people giving their time. This is about the same as the South Australian figure and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring roles are very frequent in the area; 14.7% of people provide unpaid care, which is higher than most places. This is consistent with the 25.7% who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average.
14.7% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.1%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Seaview Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41321/seaview-downs/topic/community