17.7% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sun Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sun Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of residents in Sun Valley provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This active community also sees a high rate of volunteering and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.7% of people giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% recorded across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure—only 21% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
13.3% ▲ +81.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.0% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.2% of the population having served.
4.2%
Higher than 74% 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 Sun Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32690/sun-valley/topic/community