17.4% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sapphire Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sapphire Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Sapphire Beach, where 17.4% of people volunteer. This level of community involvement is well above the national figure and significantly higher than the New South Wales average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Almost 30% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. While 24.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, the 11.8% who provide other unpaid care is about the same as the national figure.
11.8% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 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.
About 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 58% 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 Sapphire Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13506/sapphire-beach/topic/community