33.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lochington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lochington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 19 percentage point gap separates Lochington from the rest of the country in terms of volunteering. This sparsely populated area sees 33% of its residents give their time to help others, a figure far above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 33% of people in Lochington volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% figure for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 35.1% of people providing this care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. However, 8.5% of residents provide other forms of unpaid care, which is well below the Australian average.
8.5% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 Lochington has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
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 Lochington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31672/lochington/topic/community