9.8% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coles Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coles Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Coles Creek take part in community and care activities compared to similar areas. Only 9.8% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure. While child care is common, other forms of unpaid help and service are much less frequent than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 9.8% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the Queensland and Australian rates of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Child care is a priority, with 31.1% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure. However, other unpaid work is rare; only 6.6% provide unpaid care and 16.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
6.6% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.4% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
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 Coles Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30645/coles-creek/topic/community