5.7% ▼ -63.8%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Laura · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Laura
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Laura provide unpaid care or volunteer compared to most other areas. Only 5.7% of the community volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Laura are among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 5.7%, which is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, with 0.0% of people providing care and only 7.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework. The 17.0% of people caring for children is also well below the national figure of 26.3%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.5% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 rare in this community, with 0.0% of people having served, a figure that is well below the Queensland average 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 Laura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31642/laura/topic/community