29.2% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sofala · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sofala
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Sofala volunteer, a figure that remains striking compared to the rest of the country. This high level of community spirit is a defining feature of the area, where residents are far more likely to give their time than people in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.2% of residents helping out. This is far 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.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than most areas at 14.6%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, slightly above the national rate of 20.7%.
9.0% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.6% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 6.6% of the population. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and much higher than most similar areas.
6.6%
Higher than 88% 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 Sofala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13585/sofala/topic/community