8.6% ▼ -36.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Summerland Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Summerland Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Summerland Point has seen shifts over the last decade, with a notable number of residents now providing unpaid care. While only 8.6% of people volunteer—a figure well below the national average—more than 13% of the population helps out with unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for similar areas, with only 8.6% of people helping out, which is well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, as 13.8% of people provide such support, which is a little above the national figure. This is seen alongside 25% of residents doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate well above both the state and national averages.
13.8% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.8% of residents having served, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Summerland Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13705/summerland-point/topic/community