13.8% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sunset · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sunset
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 31% of residents in Sunset help look after children unpaid, a figure well above the national average. While family care is high, other forms of community work and service are more typical for the region. This reflects a local focus on the home and family over broader volunteer activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—other home duties are less common. Much fewer people here provide general unpaid care or spend 15 or more hours on housework compared to the rest of the state.
7.4% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.5% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
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.
Around 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Sunset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32698/sunset/topic/community