15.5% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peats Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Peats Ridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fifteen point five per cent of people in Peats Ridge volunteer, which is a little above the national figure. While this is lower than in many similar areas, it represents the most common way residents contribute to their community. Other forms of unpaid work and service are much less frequent here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is slightly more common here than in the rest of New South Wales, where the rate is 13.0%, though it remains lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 8.9% of people providing care and 19.4% looking after children unpaid, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
8.9% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -49.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 18.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national rates.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Peats Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13183/peats-ridge/topic/community