17.2% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cooran · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cooran
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Cooran spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This community is active in supporting others, with high rates of volunteering and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.2% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.8% provide unpaid care and 24.3% look after children unpaid, the most striking figure is the 29.3% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is much higher than most areas.
12.8% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.3% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 29.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population, a rate higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 69% 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 Cooran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30700/cooran/topic/community