17.8% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sackville North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sackville North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people spend their time on unpaid home duties in Sackville North than in the rest of the state. This is a community where 32.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.8% of people giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is a significant part of local life; 28.5% of people care for children unpaid, and 13.3% provide other forms of unpaid care, both of which are above state and national figures.
13.3% ▲ +46.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.5% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.4% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 32.4%
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 1.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national figure.
1.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality 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 Sackville North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13474/sackville-north/topic/community