13.5% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peregian Springs · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Peregian Springs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Family responsibilities shape daily life in Peregian Springs, where 34.9% of people provide unpaid childcare. This is well above the national figure of 26.3%. While many residents are busy with home and children, other forms of community service and military history are more in line with state averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A very high 34.9% of people here care for children unpaid, which is well above the national average. This trend is mirrored in housework, with 24.5% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks, though only 9.5% provide other types of unpaid care.
9.5% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Peregian Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32299/peregian-springs/topic/community