21.6% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laidley Creek West · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Laidley Creek West
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Laidley Creek West spend their spare time volunteering, a rate far higher than the national figure. This spirit of contribution is a key part of daily life here, appearing alongside a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in this area, with 21.6% of residents giving their time, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 32.8% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. Conversely, those caring for children (22.4%) and those providing general unpaid care (8.8%) are both well below state and national levels.
8.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 32.8%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.7% of the population, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Laidley Creek West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31607/laidley-creek-west/topic/community