15.5% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 36.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Springton · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Springton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Springton (L) have volunteered since 2011, with the rate falling to 15.5%. While community service has dipped, nearly 26% of the population still provides unpaid childcare. This means a quarter of the local community is balancing these home responsibilities alongside other roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is lower than in most similar areas at 15.5%, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 17.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.2% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages. This sits alongside 23.3% of residents who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly.
12.3% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.3% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
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 high proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 6.9% of residents having this experience. This is well above both the South Australian rate of 3.2% and the national figure of 2.8%.
6.9%
Higher than 92% 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 Springton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422051/springton/topic/community