14.2% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sutherland - Menai - Heathcote · Sub-region (SA3)
Community Participation in Sutherland - Menai - Heathcote
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one third of residents in Sutherland - Menai - Heathcote provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family support defines the local community, though other forms of volunteering and service follow more general patterns.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. This is a drop from 2011, when 18.2% of the area volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30.0% of people caring for children and 24.3% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures are well above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.4% provide other types of unpaid care, which is about the same as across Australia.
12.4% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.3% of the population. This is lower than most other areas, though it is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.3%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Sutherland - Menai - Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12802/sutherland-menai-heathcote/topic/community