13.4% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Landsborough · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Landsborough
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 31.3% of people in Landsborough provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high rate of family support is a key feature of the local community, though other forms of volunteering and care vary more widely.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of the population volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the Queensland and national figures. This represents a drop of 5.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents do significant unpaid work; 24.4% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 11.2% provide other types of unpaid care, a figure about the same as the rest of the state.
11.2% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.3% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.4% of residents having been in service. This is slightly higher than the national figure of 2.8%.
3.4%
Higher than 65% 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 Landsborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316061442/landsborough/topic/community