16.1% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Seaham · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Seaham
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one third of residents in Seaham (L) provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This high level of family support is a key feature of the local community. Other forms of participation, including volunteering and caregiving, are also common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in the state or nation, with 16.1% of people helping out, though this is 4.4 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common, as 18.2% of people provide care and 30.7% look after children, both of which are well above the national figures. Meanwhile, 23.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.
18.2% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% ▲ +79.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.4% of the population having served.
5.4%
Higher than 82% of urban centre 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 Seaham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122117/seaham/topic/community