19.8% ▼ -30.4%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Spalding · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Spalding
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Spalding (L) have served in the Defence Force, a rate well above the national figure. This small area shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work and community support, though some forms of volunteering have declined since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 20% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1%. However, this level of participation has fallen by 8.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.5% of people providing care—among the highest rates for similar areas. While much fewer people care for children compared to the state average, a much higher proportion spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
18.5% ▲ +20.4%
Higher than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
Defence service is notably common in the area, with 6.1% of residents having served. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
6.1%
Higher than 88% 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 Spalding [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422050/spalding/topic/community