13.3% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lockyer · State Electorate
Community Participation in Lockyer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Lockyer have spent their time volunteering since 2011, but others have stepped up to provide unpaid care. While 13.3% of the community now volunteer, there is a strong local trend of residents supporting family and household needs through unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen by 5.0 percentage points since 2011 to 13.3%. This is lower than most other similar areas and sits just below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A higher proportion of people here provide unpaid care than in most areas, with 13.5% doing so. This includes 24.2% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.5% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.2% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 24.2%
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 much more common here than in most similar areas. About 4.9% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Queensland rate of 3.9% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.9%
Higher than 88% of state electorate 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/sed/SED30043/lockyer/topic/community