12.9% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Peters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Peters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in St Peters are involved in unpaid care roles compared to other areas. While 12.9% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure, those looking after children or doing heavy housework are far less common here than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most similar areas, with 12.9% of people helping out, a figure slightly below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 19.5% of people caring for children and 16.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well below the New South Wales figures.
8.6% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 16.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 62% 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 St Peters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13659/st-peters/topic/community