10.1% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Labrador · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Labrador
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Labrador contribute to unpaid work or volunteering compared to the rest of the state. Only 10.1% of residents volunteer, a figure well below the national average. This trend of lower community participation extends across childcare and housework as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10.1% of people in Labrador volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon here, with only 19% of people caring for children and 16.2% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well below national levels. People providing any kind of unpaid care sit at 10.9%, which is about the same as the national figure.
10.9% ▲ +17.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.2% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.9% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality 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 Labrador [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31601/labrador/topic/community