19.1% ▲ +8.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
The Summit · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in The Summit
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid work and volunteering set The Summit apart from similar areas. Nearly one in five people volunteer here, and a significantly higher number of residents spend their time on unpaid housework compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.1% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life for many, as 27.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with a higher rate of people providing general unpaid care (14.4%) and 25.5% caring for children unpaid.
14.4% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
The Summit has a strong connection to the military, with 4.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, a figure much higher than most other areas.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 The Summit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32805/the-summit/topic/community