15.0% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peakhurst Heights · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Peakhurst Heights
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong focus on home and family life defines Peakhurst Heights, where more people handle unpaid housework than in most other areas. While 15% of residents volunteer, the most striking feature is the own-home commitment, with a typical resident more likely to spend significant time on unpaid domestic tasks than those across the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering rates are lower than in most similar areas, though the 15% who do so is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major part of life here, with 26.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid cleaning and cooking weekly, which is well above the national figure. Unpaid care for children (26.3%) and general unpaid care (13.3%) both sit slightly above the state average.
13.3% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
Defence service is common at a rate of 2.2%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Peakhurst Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13180/peakhurst-heights/topic/community