17.1% ▼ -57.4%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.1%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peak Hill · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Peak Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in volunteering is the main story for Peak Hill, where the rate fell by 23 points since 2011. While 17.1% of people still volunteer—which is well above the New South Wales figure—this is a significant decline from the 40.1% recorded a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 17.1% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is a steep fall from 2011, when 40.1% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people are caring for children unpaid here, at 19.0%, which is well below the national figure. At the same time, 14.2% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, a figure that is a little above the state and national averages.
14.2% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.1%
Lower than 86% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL121094/peak-hill/topic/community