22.7% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Fork Lagoons · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Fork Lagoons
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figure of 14.1%, 22.7% of people in Fork Lagoons volunteer their time. This highlights a strong spirit of community contribution in the area. While many help out locally, there are very few people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.7% of the population giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household chores are a major commitment for 31.8% of residents, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. However, unpaid care for others is almost non-existent at 0.0%, and the 18.2% who care for children is well below the 26.3% Australian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.8% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
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 Fork Lagoons [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31070/fork-lagoons/topic/community