16.4% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cook · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Cook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Cook have dropped from 19.5% to 16.4% since 2011. Despite this fall, the area still has a slightly higher share of volunteers than the state and national figures. Other forms of community contribution, including unpaid care, remain much lower than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.4% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This is a drop from 2011, when nearly one in five residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower here than in most areas. Only 19.1% of people provide unpaid childcare, while just 8% provide general unpaid care, both of which are well below the national figures.
8.0% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -0.8%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.8% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 17.8%
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.
A much higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas. At 4.1%, this is a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 81% of council (lga) 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 Cook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32500/cook/topic/community