21.3% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sunlands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sunlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five residents in Sunlands volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong tendency toward unpaid service, while having fewer people providing unpaid care at home compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.3% of people here volunteer, which is higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 21% of people caring for children, well below the state's 26.5%. Similarly, the proportions of people providing general unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework are a little below or about the same as other regions.
11.1% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▲ +6.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 4.9% of the population having served, which is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Sunlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41405/sunlands/topic/community