9.2% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sans Souci · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sans Souci
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9.2% of people in Sans Souci volunteer, a figure well below the national average. This highlights a low level of formal community participation despite a higher-than-average number of residents providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, with only 9.2% of residents helping out. This is well below the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, as 13.7% of people provide care, which is a little above the national figure. Around 24.2% of residents care for children unpaid, and 21.2% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly.
13.7% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
About 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Sans Souci [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13504/sans-souci/topic/community