20.3% ▼ -26.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peechelba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Peechelba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering defines the community spirit in Peechelba, where 20.3% of people give their time. This is well above the figures for Victoria and Australia, marking a strong local commitment to helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people (20.3%) volunteer here, a figure that is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the state and national figures at 20.9%, while 25% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the Victorian average of 20.1%.
11.5% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.9% ▼ -25.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 slightly higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.4% of residents having served, a little above the 2.0% state figure.
3.4%
Higher 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 Peechelba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22052/peechelba/topic/community