2.5% ▼ -72.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peak Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Peak Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people contribute to unpaid work and volunteering in Peak Hill compared to the rest of the state. Only 2.5% of residents volunteer, and the rates of unpaid care are also among the lowest seen in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very uncommon here, with only 2.5% of people taking part. This is far below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is rare in the area, with only 8.5% of people caring for children and 5.1% doing over 15 hours of housework. Both figures are far below the state and national averages, and the 2.5% who provide any unpaid care are well below the national 11.9%.
2.5% ▼ -59.0%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.5% ▼ -58.7%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.1% ▼ -53.7%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.9% seen across Western Australia and the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51218/peak-hill/topic/community