12.3% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lockyer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lockyer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Lockyer volunteer than in most similar areas. Only 12.3% of residents give their time to volunteer work, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 12.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most other areas and a little below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is provided by 23.6% of residents, which is well below the state average. Meanwhile, 12.3% of people provide some form of unpaid care, a result that is a little above the Western Australian figure.
12.3% ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.6% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 common here, with 2.1% of the population having served in the force. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50858/lockyer/topic/community