13.8% ▼ -38.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sunshine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sunshine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Sunshine has remained steady over the last decade, though unpaid care is now a major part of local life. While volunteering is common, the area is most notable for having a high number of people supporting others through unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people in Sunshine volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the state and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 16.5% of people providing unpaid care and 26% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well above the national figures. However, the 22.3% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian average.
16.5% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.5% of the population having served, which is a little above the state and national rates.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Sunshine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13709/sunshine/topic/community