17.3% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coorparoo · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Coorparoo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Coorparoo give their time to volunteering, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit stands out, even though unpaid domestic work and childcare are less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 17.3% of people helping out, though this is 4.1 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common in Coorparoo, as only 23.3% of people care for children and 16.9% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures being well below the national average.
10.7% ▲ +19.9%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
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 less common here than in most similar areas, with 2.2% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
2.2%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Coorparoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303021053/coorparoo/topic/community