14.6% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springwood · State Electorate
Community Participation in Springwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of unpaid childcare than the state average defines the community profile of Springwood. While 32.6% of people here care for children without pay, other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering and defence service, align closely with national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.6% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. This is a slight drop from 2011, when the rate was 16.7%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 32.6% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This has risen by 9.1 points since 2011, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework also rose to 22.9%.
12.2% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% of state electorate 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 Springwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30079/springwood/topic/community