14.7% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sussex Inlet · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Sussex Inlet
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Sussex Inlet provide unpaid childcare compared to the national average, though a high number of residents have served in the military. This mix of community roles shows a population with a strong history of service and a lower proportion of young families.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. However, this is lower than most similar areas and has fallen 3.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is far below the Australian figure at 14.7%, while 25.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the state average. Around 13.2% of people provide some form of unpaid care, a figure slightly above the national trend.
13.2% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.7% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 25.2%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, with 5.6% of the population having this experience. This is well above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
5.6%
Higher than 85% of urban centre 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 Sussex Inlet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115130/sussex-inlet/topic/community