24.2% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
St Lucia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in St Lucia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in St Lucia than in most similar areas. Around 24.2% of residents give their time to help others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement stands out against a much lower rate of unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.2% of residents helping out, a figure 10 percentage points higher than both the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 16.2% of people care for children unpaid, and just 7% provide general unpaid care, both of which are well below the national figures.
7.0% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.4% ▲ +30.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
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.
Defence service is less common in St Lucia, with 1.8% of people having served, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 St Lucia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32645/st-lucia/topic/community