11.6% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lamington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lamington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Lamington has seen a shift since 2011, though participation in formal volunteering remains low. Only 11.6% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.6% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Queensland average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is very rare here at 7.0%, far below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 14.0% of residents provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little above the national average.
14.0% —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.0% —
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 16.3%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, a result that is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
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 Lamington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31628/lamington/topic/community