9.7% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lockrose · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Lockrose
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower volunteer rates than most similar areas define Lockrose, where only 9.7% of people give their time. While community volunteering has declined, there is a very strong presence of people providing unpaid care and former defence personnel.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.7% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This rate has fallen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are among the highest at this level, at 18.8%, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, the 25.1% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the Australian average, though it has dropped 19 points since 2011.
18.8% ▲ +406.6%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -43.2%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 44.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▲ +27.8%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Defence service is very common in Lockrose, with 8.0% of people having served. This is well above the Queensland figure of 3.9% and more than double the national average of 2.8%.
8.0%
Higher than 97% 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 Lockrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322072/lockrose/topic/community