35.8% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 35.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lawes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lawes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A remarkably high rate of volunteering sets Lawes apart from most similar areas. Around 35.8% of residents give their time to help others, a figure that is far above the national average. This strong level of community involvement contrasts with much lower rates of unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 35.8% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is less common here than in most areas. Only 9.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, and those caring for children unpaid (18.5%) are well below the national figure of 26.3%.
11.1% ▲ +377.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▲ +406.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
9.9% ▲ +890.9%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 community has served in the Defence Force, which 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 Lawes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31644/lawes/topic/community