17.4% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peachester · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Peachester
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines daily life in Peachester, where volunteering and unpaid work are more common than in most places. About 17.4% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 17.4% of people who volunteer here is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is much more common here than in most areas, with 28.9% of people spending 15 or more hours a week on it. This is well above the 20.7% seen across the state and nation, while unpaid childcare and general care rates remain about the same as the wider community.
12.4% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.9% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
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 Force veterans are much more common here than in most areas, with 4.4% of the population having served. This is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Peachester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32286/peachester/topic/community