18.6% ▼ -24.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Somersby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Somersby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people in Somersby volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community shows a strong trend of unpaid work, particularly in the home, while showing a modest level of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.6% of residents helping out. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do a lot of housework here than in most areas, with 28.4% spending 15 or more hours a week on it. While 13.9% provide some form of unpaid care, the proportion of people caring for children is well below the national figure at 21.2%.
13.9% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.8%. This is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Somersby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13587/somersby/topic/community