16.3% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cooroy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cooroy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid housework and veteran presence set Cooroy apart from other Australian towns. While about 16.3% of people volunteer, the area's most striking feature is how many residents take on significant home-based care duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.3% of residents giving their time, which is a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a major commitment for many, as 26.7% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with more people providing unpaid care (13.7%) than in most areas, though the share of people caring for children is well below the Australian average.
13.7% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.9% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
A strong history of service is evident in Cooroy, where 4.4% of people have served in the Defence Force, a figure much higher than most other similar areas.
4.4%
Higher than 75% 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 Cooroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30705/cooroy/topic/community