29.2% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laravale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Laravale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Laravale volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency to support families and others through unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.2% of residents helping out, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a big part of life for many, as 32.5% of people care for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure. This helps explain why the 14.3% of people providing general unpaid care is also higher than most areas.
14.3% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% ▲ +25.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 33.1%
- 2021: 32.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 22.7%
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.
About 3.2% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Laravale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31640/laravale/topic/community