14.3% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coonarr · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coonarr
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Coonarr spend their time on unpaid housework than in other similar areas. While the typical resident is not particularly likely to volunteer, there is a high level of local support for those needing unpaid care. This reflects a community where home-based responsibilities are a significant part of daily life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here; 15.7% of people provide it, which is well above the national figure. This is seen in the 31.8% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the Australian average—though the proportion of people caring for children is much lower than most areas.
15.7% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.8% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 31.8%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 3.1% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the rates for Queensland and Australia.
3.1%
Higher than 57% 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 Coonarr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30695/coonarr/topic/community