14.3% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coondoo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coondoo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A third of people in Coondoo do at least 15 hours of unpaid housework a week, which is much higher than the national figure. While many residents take on these home duties, very few are involved in formal defence service or caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.3% of people providing support, a little above the national figure. However, the 7.1% who care for children unpaid is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
14.3% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
7.1% —
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
No one in Coondoo has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Coondoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30696/coondoo/topic/community