17.8% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Suffolk Park · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Suffolk Park
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Around the middle for its level, Suffolk Park shows a strong spirit of giving with 17.8% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%. While many residents give their time to others, the area has a much lower rate of unpaid care and housework compared to most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 18% of people in Suffolk Park volunteer, which is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas here; only 9.9% of people provide unpaid care and 18.1% spend 15 or more hours on housework, both of which are well below the state and national figures. About 24.7% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the New South Wales rate.
9.9% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -14.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Suffolk Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13699/suffolk-park/topic/community