12.4% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lowood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lowood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-usual share of residents provide unpaid support to others in Lowood. While only 12.4% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas, the community is marked by a strong commitment to home and family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are lower here than in most similar areas, with 12.4% of people helping out, slightly below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common in Lowood, as 15.9% of people provide such support, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is mirrored by those doing housework, with 23.9% spending 15 or more hours a week on chores, well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
15.9% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 5.1% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most areas and slightly above the 2.8% national average.
5.1%
Higher than 82% 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 Lowood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31700/lowood/topic/community