16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lizard · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Few people in Lizard spend their time on unpaid care and housework, making it a place where very few residents have these daily responsibilities. While community volunteering is common, the area has a very low rate of people caring for children or others at home.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.7% of people volunteer here, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
16.7% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare in Lizard, with 0% of people providing care and only 9.1% caring for children, both far below the national figures. Similarly, only 4.5% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far below the Australian average of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.1% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
4.5% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Lizard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31669/lizard/topic/community