13.3% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lakes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lakes Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer in Lakes Creek than in most similar areas, though this is only a small gap compared to the state. Local residents are more likely to provide unpaid care than those in other areas, with 13.6% of the population helping out in this way.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.3% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than in most other areas. Despite this, it is about the same as the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Local residents are more likely to provide unpaid care, with 13.6% doing so, which is a little above the national figure. This includes 27.7% of people caring for children unpaid, while 20.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is lower than most areas.
13.6% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
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.
Around 2.9% of people in Lakes Creek have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 55% 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 Lakes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31624/lakes-creek/topic/community