27.0% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coochiemudlo Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coochiemudlo Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has shifted on Coochiemudlo Island, where 27% of residents now volunteer. This is far above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%, marking the island as a place where people give back to their community at much higher rates than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27% of people here volunteer, which is 13 percentage points higher than the state and national average. This level of participation is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 18.3% of people providing care and 29.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Queensland average at 13.8%.
18.3% ▲ +35.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.8% ▼ -37.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 more common on the island than in most areas. Around 6.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
6.5%
Higher than 88% 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 Coochiemudlo Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30670/coochiemudlo-island/topic/community