34.9% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sherlock · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sherlock
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained strong in Sherlock, where volunteering and unpaid care are much more common than in other areas. Nearly 35% of residents volunteer, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 34.9% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Sherlock, where 38.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is far above the state and national figures, and 20.6% of residents provide some form of unpaid care.
20.6% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.1% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 38.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 7% of the population, which is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Sherlock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41340/sherlock/topic/community