10.6% ▼ -32.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lawnton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lawnton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap in community involvement defines Lawnton, where only 10.6% of people volunteer. This figure is well below the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%. While formal volunteering is low, more residents are involved in unpaid family care than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.6% of people in Lawnton volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid childcare than in most areas, at 27.7%. However, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are much fewer than in most areas, at 18.8%.
11.5% ▲ +5.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -17.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 18.8%
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 much higher share of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.4% having served.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Lawnton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31647/lawnton/topic/community