11.3% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sunnybank Hills · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sunnybank Hills
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Sunnybank Hills compared to the state and national figures. While 11.3% of residents give their time to community groups, this is much lower than most similar areas. The local community is more likely to care for children than the average Australian, but less likely to provide other types of unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is a little below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care for children is more common here than in most areas, with 27.9% of people doing so. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care (10.5%) or doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.6%) is lower than the national figure.
10.5% ▲ +5.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.9% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.6%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Sunnybank Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32695/sunnybank-hills/topic/community