12.0% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Lakes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 35.1% of people in North Lakes provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the Queensland and national averages. This high rate of family care stands out in an area where formal volunteering is less common than in most other places. While many residents are busy with children, others contribute through their history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12% of residents are volunteers, which is much lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, though only 10.4% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is a little below the national average. Meanwhile, about 20.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, matching the typical rate for Queensland and Australia.
10.4% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.1% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.5%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 4.1% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 73% 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 North Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32178/north-lakes/topic/community