21.2% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peacock Siding · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Peacock Siding
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people contribute their time and effort to others in Peacock Siding than in most similar areas. This is seen in the high rates of volunteering and unpaid care, with 30.3% of residents providing unpaid care—a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.2% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 28.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. This high level of domestic effort is mirrored in childcare, where 31.8% of people provide unpaid care for children, well above the national figure of 26.3%.
30.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.8% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
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 service is more common here than in most areas. About 4.7% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Peacock Siding [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32287/peacock-siding/topic/community