31.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.7%
- 2021: 31.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sunnyside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sunnyside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 17 percentage point gap separates Sunnyside from the national average in volunteering. This small community is exceptionally active, with 31.6% of people giving their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here; 31.6% of residents volunteer, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people here provide unpaid childcare, at 34.2%, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, this area has much lower rates of people providing general unpaid care or doing over 15 hours of housework compared to most areas.
7.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
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.
No one in Sunnyside has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Sunnyside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51418/sunnyside/topic/community