18.3% ▼ -19.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sandy Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sandy Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for volunteering, Sandy Point is a place where residents are highly active in their community. About 18.3% of people here volunteer, and a high proportion of residents also provide unpaid care for others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Sandy Point, with 18.3% of people helping out. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are more likely to provide unpaid support than those in most other areas. This includes 28.1% caring for children and 26.9% doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
14.0% ▲ +48.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.9% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 26.9%
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 little more than the state and national figures, 4.0% of people in Sandy Point have served in the Defence Force.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Sandy Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13502/sandy-point/topic/community