13.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lilyvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lilyvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Half of all residents in Lilyvale perform 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, a figure far above the national average. This level of domestic activity stands out as the most prominent feature of local community participation. Other activities, like volunteering, are much less common here than in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than in most other areas and roughly the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common, with 30.6% of people caring for children, well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, the proportion of people providing other types of unpaid care is 8.3%, which is much lower than most areas.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
50.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 50.0%
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 very common here, with 8.3% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
8.3%
Higher than 92% 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 Lilyvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31659/lilyvale/topic/community