12.2% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coolangatta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coolangatta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Coolangatta than in other parts of the country, with only 16.2% doing so. This is a striking gap compared to the national figure of 26.3%. The area generally shows lower levels of community and home-based volunteering and care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas. Only 12.2% of residents volunteer, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas. Only 16.2% of people care for children unpaid, far below the national figure of 26.3%, and 16.0% do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the Australian average of 20.7%.
10.8% ▲ +7.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.2% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.0% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 16.0%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 3.4%, this is about the same as the figures for Queensland (3.9%) and Australia (2.8%).
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30680/coolangatta/topic/community