24.6% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peeramon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Peeramon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping others defines daily life in Peeramon, where nearly a quarter of the population volunteers. This community is far more active in unpaid work and service than typical Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 24.6% of people here are volunteers, a figure that is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 31.8% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with 14.8% of people providing unpaid care, which is higher than most areas.
14.8% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.8% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 31.8%
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.
The area has a strong connection to the military, with 5.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most other areas.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Peeramon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32291/peeramon/topic/community