21.4% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Springfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Springfield volunteer their time, making it a highly active community. This spirit of giving is reflected in the high number of residents who provide unpaid care and support to others in their daily lives.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 16.7% of people providing support. This includes 24.8% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
16.7% ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
Around 3.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 3.2% seen across South Australia and the 2.8% national average.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Springfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41363/springfield/topic/community