15.5% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 55% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sunshine Coast · Urban Area
Community Participation in Sunshine Coast
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people have served in the Defence Force in the Sunshine Coast than in most other Australian areas. While 15.5% of the community volunteers, this is a drop from 20.5% in 2011. Overall, local participation in unpaid care and community service follows national patterns quite closely.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a notable decrease from 2011, when volunteering sat at 20.5%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A little more than the national average of 20.7% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, at 23.0%. Meanwhile, 25.8% provide unpaid childcare and 11.7% provide other unpaid care, both of which are about the same as the state and national figures.
11.7% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 73% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.9% of residents having served. This is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 74% of urban area 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 Sunshine Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3015/sunshine-coast/topic/community