12.6% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coopers Plains · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Coopers Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Coopers Plains are stepping up for community and home roles than they were in 2011. The number of volunteers has fallen by 5.4 percentage points over the last decade, and the area now sees much lower levels of unpaid care and housework compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped to 12.6%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Much lower proportions of people perform unpaid work here; only 21.4% care for children and 16.0% do 15 or more hours of housework, both well below the Queensland figure. Unpaid care for others is also a little below the state average at 10.3%.
10.3% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 uncommon in Coopers Plains, with only 1.7% of people having served, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 78% 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 Coopers Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303041067/coopers-plains/topic/community