11.6% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sutherland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sutherland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Sutherland provide unpaid childcare, the most common form of community contribution in the area. While many residents support their families, the suburb has lower rates of volunteering and unpaid care compared to other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.6% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 9.6% of people providing it. This is well below the state figure for those doing 15 or more hours of housework, which sits at 17.8%.
9.6% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
About 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Sutherland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13716/sutherland/topic/community