18.5% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cooloolabin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cooloolabin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care and housework than most similar areas define the community spirit in Cooloolabin. While volunteering is common, the most striking feature is that nearly a third of residents perform heavy amounts of unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of people helping out, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 30.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, far above the 20.7% seen across Australia. This aligns with high rates of unpaid care, including 30.5% caring for children and 18.5% providing other unpaid care, both of which are well above the national figures.
18.5% ▲ +100.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.5% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.9% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 30.9%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Cooloolabin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30685/cooloolabin/topic/community