13.9% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Summerhill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Summerhill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of residents in Summerhill now provide unpaid care for children compared to previous years. This community sees 30.1% of people caring for children without pay, which is well above both the Tasmanian and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people here volunteer, which is lower than in most other areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well above the national average—around 12.5% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.5% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas.
3.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Summerhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60653/summerhill/topic/community