5.6% ▼ -55.3%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lockhart River · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Lockhart River
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Lockhart River provide unpaid childcare than in other parts of the country, with 38.1% of residents doing so. While family care is common, other forms of community involvement and volunteering have seen a sharp decline over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 5.6% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This represents a significant drop from 2011, when 12.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common at 38.1%, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. However, the proportion of people providing other unpaid care is well below the national average at 4.9%, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework are about the same as the rest of Australia at 21.4%.
4.9% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.1% ▼ -30.3%
Higher than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -48.6%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 3.2% of the community have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% national figure.
3.2%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) 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 Lockhart River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34570/lockhart-river/topic/community