23.1% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Summer Hill Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Summer Hill Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 35% of people in Summer Hill Creek perform significant unpaid housework, a figure far above the national average. This area shows a strong tendency toward unpaid work, with high rates of volunteering and caregiving across the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.1% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and far higher than the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very high in this area; 32.8% care for children and 16.7% provide other unpaid care. Both figures are well above the state and national averages, alongside 34.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
16.7% ▲ +35.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.4% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 34.4%
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 1.6%. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13703/summer-hill-creek/topic/community