18.8% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sandford · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Sandford
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost one in three people in Sandford provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national levels. This community is very active in supporting others, with high rates of caregiving and a strong a proportion of residents volunteering their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.8% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Sandford, with 15.4% of residents providing care and 24.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework. These figures are both well above the national average.
15.4% ▲ +50.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.8% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.8%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 4.2% of residents having been in the service.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Sandford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60584/sandford/topic/community