20.5% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sunnydale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sunnydale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Sunnydale are contributing to their community through volunteering and service than in most other similar areas. This is a place where 20.5% of residents volunteer and over 10% have served in the Defence Force. These figures are well above the national averages for both activities.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.5% of people giving their time. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 53.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, the proportion of people providing unpaid care or caring for children is far below state and national levels.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.8% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
53.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 53.8%
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 very common in Sunnydale, with 10.8% of people having served. This is well above the 2.8% national average and the 3.2% figure for South Australia.
10.8%
Higher than 98% 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 Sunnydale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41407/sunnydale/topic/community