9.2% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coombabah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coombabah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 9.2% of people in Coombabah volunteer, a figure that is well below both the state and national rates. This low level of community involvement is mirrored in the unpaid care and housework sectors, though the area has a higher-than-usual number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is quite low here, with only 9.2% of residents giving their time. This is well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 21% of people caring for children and 11.2% providing general unpaid care. This is well below the state and national figures for childcare.
11.2% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
The area has a higher proportion of people who served in the Defence Force than most similar areas, at 3.7%. This is about the same as the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
3.7%
Higher than 67% 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 Coombabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30687/coombabah/topic/community