24.1% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peel · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Peel
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has remained a strong feature of Peel, where nearly a quarter of residents volunteer. This is far above the national figure and highlights a community with a high level of active participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.1% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national average and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Residents are much more likely to handle unpaid work at home than most other areas, with 30.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, alongside a well above average 29.6% who provide unpaid childcare.
13.3% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.5% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 30.5%
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.
A small number of people have served in the Defence Force, at 1.5%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Peel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13185/peel/topic/community