16.9% ▲ +53.3%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Peachester · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Peachester
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Peachester (L) involves a high level of unpaid work and a growing number of people giving their time to others. About 16.9% of the population now volunteer, while those providing unpaid care for others and children are more common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown in Peachester (L), rising 5.9 percentage points since 2011 to reach 16.9%. This is a little above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 28.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside a higher than usual 28.2% who care for children unpaid and 14.4% providing other unpaid care, though all three figures have fallen since 2011.
14.4% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -46.4%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.7%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% ▼ -48.9%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 28.2%
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 seen in 3.9% of the population. This is about the same as the Queensland average and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
3.9%
Higher than 58% 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 Peachester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321081/peachester/topic/community