36.9% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 36.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peaceful Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Peaceful Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering and military service mark Peaceful Bay as a highly engaged area. More than a third of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is far above both state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 36.9% of people here volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While few people provide unpaid care for children, at 12.3%, a high 33.8% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly—far above the 20.7% national average.
9.2% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% ▼ -54.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.8% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 33.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 9.8% of the population, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
9.8%
Higher than 95% 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 Peaceful Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51217/peaceful-bay/topic/community