23.1% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coolabine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coolabine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do housework in Coolabine than the national figure, with 35.4% spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. This community is also more active in volunteering and caring for others than most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.1% of people helping out. This is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is frequent, as 15.4% of residents provide this support, which is much higher than most areas. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure at 18.5%.
15.4% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 35.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.8% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Coolabine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30676/coolabine/topic/community