33.3% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peake · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Peake
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in three people in Peake volunteer their time, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit defines the area, where residents are much more likely to give their time for free than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 33.3% of people here volunteer, which is far above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care and doing housework are seen at rates similar to the rest of the state. About 26.2% care for children unpaid, while 23.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Australian figure.
13.1% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 23.8%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 4.4% of residents having served in the Defence Force, a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.4%
Higher than 76% 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 Peake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41125/peake/topic/community