14.2% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cooloola · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Cooloola
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Cooloola spend 15 hours or more on housework each week, a figure well above the national average. While many residents contribute significant unpaid time to their homes and others, the number of local volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.2% of people volunteer, which is roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. This is a drop from 2011, when the rate was 20.4%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure at 11.8%, but 14.6% of people provide other unpaid care, which is much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 28.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
14.6% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.8% ▼ -39.3%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 28.1%
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 common here, with 6.7% of people having served. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8% and a little above the Queensland figure.
6.7%
Higher than 94% 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 Cooloola [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319031511/cooloola/topic/community