11.3% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lakes Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Lakes Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A little below the state and national figures, only 11.3% of people in Lakes Creek volunteer. This community has seen a drop in volunteering over the last decade, while a higher than usual share of residents have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011. At 11.3%, this is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is roughly the same as the national figure. While the share of people doing heavy housework fell to 19.1% since 2011, the proportion of those providing other unpaid care rose to 12.5%.
12.5% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.2% of the population having served. This is about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9% and slightly higher than the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Lakes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308031211/lakes-creek/topic/community