15.1% ▼ -28.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peak Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Peak Crossing
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid childcare set Peak Crossing apart from the rest of the state. While 35.9% of people here provide unpaid care for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%—other forms of community service and volunteering are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people in Peak Crossing volunteer, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 35.9% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure well above the national average. Housework is also more common, as 24.9% do 15 or more hours a week, while 11.3% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
11.3% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.9% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.7%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 35.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
A much higher proportion of people in Peak Crossing have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% of the population having served.
4.3%
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 Peak Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32288/peak-crossing/topic/community