18.3% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lamb Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lamb Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and military service set Lamb Island apart from similar areas. While nearly one in five residents spends time volunteering, the community is particularly notable for the high proportion of people providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 17.3% of people providing care and 25.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly—both figures are well above the national average. In contrast, the 9.1% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Queensland figure of 26.5%.
17.3% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.1% ▼ -51.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.0% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 3.9% seen in Queensland.
5.0%
Higher than 80% 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 Lamb Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31626/lamb-island/topic/community