17.6% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lanefield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lanefield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 10% of people in Lanefield have served in the Defence Force, which is one of the highest rates for similar areas. This community shows a strong commitment to others through high levels of volunteering and unpaid care. These figures place the area well above the state and national averages for community contribution.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.6% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is a significant part of life in Lanefield, where 18.7% of people provide unpaid care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is alongside a high 28.6% of residents who do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is also well above the state average.
18.7% ▲ +16.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
Defence service is very prominent, with 9.4% of the population having served. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia and the 3.9% rate for Queensland.
9.4%
Higher than 94% 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 Lanefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31632/lanefield/topic/community