45.8% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Hummocks · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Hummocks
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all adults in South Hummocks give their time to others, making it a place where volunteering is a major part of daily life. This high level of community spirit is reflected in the 45.8% of residents who volunteer, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 45.8%, the share of volunteers is among the highest for similar areas and sits far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common here, with 29.2% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 25% of people care for children unpaid, no one in the area reported providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.2% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 South Hummocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41354/south-hummocks/topic/community