24.6% ▲ +30.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sulky · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sulky
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Sulky volunteer their time, a rate far higher than across Australia. This community is marked by high levels of unpaid work, including both volunteering and caring for others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.6% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents take on unpaid roles, with 32.2% caring for children and 29.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. These figures are well above the national averages. Similarly, 15.8% provide other unpaid care, which is well above the Australian figure.
15.8% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.2% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 32.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.0% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
About 2.8% of the population have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the rates for both Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Sulky [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22389/sulky/topic/community