13.9% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cobraball · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cobraball
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A smaller share of residents in Cobraball provide unpaid care or volunteer compared to national patterns. While many locals look after children, the area has almost no history of Defence Force service, which is much lower than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 13.9% of people helping out, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a common part of life in Cobraball. While 26.4% of people care for children, a quarter of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, which is well above the 20.7% seen across Australia and Queensland.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.4% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9% and a little below the national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Cobraball [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30640/cobraball/topic/community