11.5% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Sunbury · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Sunbury
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people provide unpaid childcare in Sunbury than in most other areas. While 30.5% of residents care for children without pay, volunteering rates have fallen significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 17.2% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.7% of people providing a level of care that is a little above the national figure. This trend has risen since 2011, and the high rate of unpaid childcare (30.5%) is well above the Victorian average.
14.7% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
About 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 73% 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 Sunbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212006/sunbury/topic/community