12.3% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lowood · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lowood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of residents in Lowood provide unpaid childcare, marking it as the most common form of community contribution. While child care and general care roles are frequent, volunteer rates have dropped significantly over the last decade. The area also has a notably high number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has fallen by 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 15.8% of people provide care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. Around 26.3% of residents care for children unpaid, while 23.6% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
15.8% ▲ +61.3%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.6% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 23.6%
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 more common in Lowood than in most areas, with 5.2% of people having served. This is a little above the Queensland figure of 3.9% and the national figure of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 81% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL315054/lowood/topic/community