25.5% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Summer Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Summer Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of people in Summer Hill (Dungog - NSW) now volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is a standout feature for the area, marking it as a place where residents are much more likely to help out than those in most other similar regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.5% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 13% seen in New South Wales and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.3% of people providing support, a figure a little above the national rate. While 26.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, the 18.4% who do 15 or more hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.4% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 18.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Summer Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13701/summer-hill/topic/community