16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lark Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lark Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving time to others is a common part of life in Lark Hill, where many residents take on significant roles at home. This is especially clear in the high number of people providing unpaid childcare and housework, far exceeding the figures seen across Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people volunteer, which is a little above both the Queensland and national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Home life involves a lot of unpaid work here; 37% of people care for children and 40.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are far above the national figures. In contrast, the 9.3% of people providing other unpaid care is a little below the Australian average.
9.3% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 37.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.7% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 40.7%
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.
A strong history of military service is evident in Lark Hill, where 8.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national figure.
8.9%
Higher than 93% 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 Lark Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31641/lark-hill/topic/community