20.8% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laguna Quays · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Laguna Quays
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people volunteer in Laguna Quays, reflecting a community that is far more active in unpaid work than the national average. This spirit of contribution is seen across the area, from local volunteering to a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure recorded across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 15.6% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—the area has a high rate of other unpaid work. Around 28.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 15.6% provide some form of unpaid care, which is well above the state and national averages.
15.6% ▲ +111.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.6% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.3%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas. About 5.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 3.9% seen in Queensland and the 2.8% national average.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Laguna Quays [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31605/laguna-quays/topic/community