20.5% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lowmead · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lowmead
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over 20% of people in Lowmead volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This community is highly active in supporting others, with strong rates of unpaid care and a notable history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.5% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 20.5% of people provide unpaid care—which is well above the national figure—far fewer people are caring for children unpaid compared to the rest of the country.
20.5% ▲ +98.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 more common in Lowmead than in most similar areas, with 7.0% of people having served in the Defence Force.
7.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Lowmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31699/lowmead/topic/community