15.9% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cooroy Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cooroy Mountain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 36.4% of residents in Cooroy Mountain do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is far above the national figure. While many spend time on home duties, other forms of community involvement and care are less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.9% of people volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less frequent here, with only 9.1% of people providing care and 22.7% looking after children unpaid, both of which are well below the national average.
9.1% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 36.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average 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 Cooroy Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30706/cooroy-mountain/topic/community