18.9% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Summer Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Summer Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 19% of people volunteer in Summer Island, a figure well above the national average. While community spirit is high, the area has much lower rates of unpaid care and housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 5.4% of people providing such support. Similarly, just 12.2% care for children unpaid, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
5.4% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.2% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 community has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13704/summer-island/topic/community