11.7% ▼ -31.4%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sunnybank · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Sunnybank
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Sunnybank take on unpaid roles and community work compared to other areas. Only 11.7% of the population volunteers, a figure that has fallen by 5.3 percentage points since 2011. This pattern extends to caregiving, where Sunnybank has much lower rates of unpaid work than the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 11.7% of people helping out, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much lower numbers of residents perform unpaid work compared to similar areas. For example, the 22.5% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
9.6% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
Only 1.9% of people in Sunnybank have served in the Defence Force, which is much lower than in most other areas.
1.9%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Sunnybank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303061079/sunnybank/topic/community