34.4% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Summertown · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Summertown
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than three times the national rate of volunteering is seen in Summertown, where 34.4% of people give their time to others. This high level of community spirit is reflected across the area, with many residents also taking on significant unpaid care and household roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 34.4% of people helping out, which is 20 percentage points higher than the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Summertown, where 33.9% of people care for children and 16.4% provide other unpaid care. This is much higher than most areas, and 27.3% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
16.4% ▲ +34.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.9% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 33.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Summertown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41404/summertown/topic/community