18.3% ▼ -12.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coochin Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coochin Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has remained a core part of life in Coochin Creek, with a strong culture of giving back to others. Roughly 18.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of people in Coochin Creek volunteer, a rate that sits around the middle for similar areas but is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common here, with 20.0% of people doing so—a figure among the highest for its level and well above the 11.9% national average. While this includes 25.0% of people doing over 15 hours of housework, the rate of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure at 20.0%.
20.0% ▲ +237.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents than in most similar areas have served in the Defence Force, with 4.9% of the community having done so. This is a little above both the Queensland and Australian figures.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30672/coochin-creek/topic/community