15.4% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sunshine Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sunshine Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people provide unpaid care in Sunshine Bay than in most similar areas. While 13.9% of the population provide unpaid care, there are far fewer people looking after children compared to the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people volunteer here. This is lower than in most similar areas, though it is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.9% of people providing it, which is higher than most similar areas. This happens alongside a high rate of housework, with 24.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, well above the national figure of 20.7%. However, the 18.3% of people caring for children is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
13.9% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.3% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas. At 5.2%, this is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 83% 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 Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13710/sunshine-bay/topic/community