16.3% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lakeside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lakeside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people do unpaid work in Lakeside than in most other areas, with 44.9% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework. This high level of home care is a standout feature for the area, which also sees a strong proportion of residents providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% figure for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 26.5% of residents doing so, which is far above the national figure of 11.9%. While 24.5% care for children unpaid, this is a little below the Queensland average of 26.5%.
26.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
44.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 44.9%
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.
No one in Lakeside has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Lakeside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31625/lakeside/topic/community