19.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Springfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Springfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in South Springfield than in most other similar areas. While 19% of residents volunteer, the most striking feature is that nearly half the population cares for children without pay. This level of family care is far above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19% of people volunteer here, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is a little above the Tasmanian figure and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
An unusually high 47.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, the area has among the lowest rates of other unpaid work, with 0% providing unpaid care and only 14.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well below the national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
47.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 South Springfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60622/south-springfield/topic/community