13.3% ▼ -31.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sundown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sundown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do heavy housework in Sundown than the national figure. While 40% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid chores, other community activities like volunteering are more common in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people here volunteer, which is a little lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.5% of people providing care—a figure well above the national average. This is alongside 24.2% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is a little below the state and national figures.
17.5% ▲ +87.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.4%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% ▲ +34.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 40.0%
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 areas, with 6.8% of residents having served. This is a little above the Queensland figure and well above the national average.
6.8%
Higher than 88% 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 Sundown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32691/sundown/topic/community