18.6% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sunny Corner · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sunny Corner
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Sunny Corner volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This strong spirit of volunteering stands out in a place where other forms of community service and care are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.6% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the New South Wales (13.0%) and Australian (14.1%) rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 10.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, those providing general unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are about the same as the state and national averages.
11.6% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.5% ▼ -63.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 22.1%
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.
No one in Sunny Corner has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates seen across New South Wales and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Sunny Corner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13707/sunny-corner/topic/community