22.4% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Three Springs · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Three Springs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Three Springs (L), where 22.4% of people give their time to help others. This is well above the national figure. However, the number of people providing unpaid care or doing housework has dropped significantly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 22.4% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national figure. This is a decline from 2011, when 30.4% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas, with only 5.2% of people providing care and 19.2% caring for children unpaid. Both figures are well below the state and national averages.
5.2% ▼ -26.8%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -39.0%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -42.8%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 4.2% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.8% typical for Australia.
4.2%
Higher than 65% 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 Three Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522059/three-springs/topic/community