11.3% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lakeland · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lakeland
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people take on unpaid roles in Lakeland compared to most other areas. Only 11.3% of residents volunteer, and the rates of unpaid care and housework are well below both the state and national figures. This suggests a community where formal or paid work takes precedence over unpaid service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.3% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with only 4.2% of people providing it—well below the 11.9% national average. This trend is seen across the board, as those caring for children unpaid (14.5%) and those doing significant housework (14.8%) are both far below Queensland figures.
4.2% ▲ +184.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.5% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.8% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
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.
About 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 3.9% recorded for Queensland and the 2.8% national figure.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Lakeland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31623/lakeland/topic/community