17.2% ▼ -20.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Colosseum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Colosseum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 5% of people in Colosseum have served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most other areas. This community shows a strong spirit of service, with volunteering rates well above the national figure. However, the number of people providing unpaid care for others is much lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian averages of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure at 13.4%, and providing general unpaid care is also much lower than most areas. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of housework per week sit at 25.5%, which is well above the state and national average of 20.7%.
6.4% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.4% ▼ -59.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 served in the Defence Force make up 5.2% of the population, which is a little above the Queensland rate of 3.9% and the national figure of 2.8%.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Colosseum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30653/colosseum/topic/community