19.0% ▼ -33.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coochin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coochin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people in Coochin provide unpaid care compared to the rest of the state. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with nearly one in five residents volunteering and a significant number of former Defence Force members living here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.0% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% figure seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 38.0% do at least 15 hours of housework weekly, a figure far above the national 20.7%. While 21.0% provide unpaid care—well above the national average—the rate of people caring for children unpaid is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%.
21.0% ▲ +60.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
38.0% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 38.0%
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.
Former Defence Force members are well represented in Coochin, with 6.9% having served. This is among the highest levels for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.9%
Higher than 89% 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 Coochin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30671/coochin/topic/community