13.2% ▼ -28.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of childcare are seen in Coen compared to most similar areas. While unpaid care for children is very common here, other forms of community contribution follow more general trends. The area's participation patterns show a own distinct mix of family duties and civic activity.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people volunteer their time, which is much lower than most similar areas though it remains about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A striking 31.0% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are among the lowest at this level, sitting far below the 20.7% seen across Australia.
12.0% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.0% ▲ +54.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
5.4% ▼ -68.1%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 5.4%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is about the same as the Australian average and around the middle for similar areas.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Coen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30643/coen/topic/community