11.6% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lockyer Waters · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lockyer Waters
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a key part of life in Lockyer Waters, especially through unpaid care and military service. While volunteering is less common here than in most areas, a high number of residents balance their days with significant unpaid work and care duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.6% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents take on unpaid roles, with 14.2% providing unpaid care and 27.2% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 24.0% care for children unpaid, which is a little below the national rate of 26.3%.
14.2% ▲ +14.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.0% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.3% of people having served in the Defence Force, a little above the 2.8% national figure.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Lockyer Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31676/lockyer-waters/topic/community