17.3% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coorparoo · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coorparoo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong 17.3% of people in Coorparoo volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This level of community involvement stands out in a place where unpaid care and housework are less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
With 17.3% of residents volunteering, Coorparoo is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This rate is around the middle for areas of its type.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here perform unpaid care roles, with 10.7% providing unpaid care, which is a little below the national figure. This is consistent with lower rates of unpaid housework (16.9%) and child care (23.3%), both of which are well below the national average.
10.7% ▲ +20.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.9% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
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.
Defence service is common for 2.3% of the population. This is about the same as the Australian figure and a little below the rate for Queensland.
2.3%
Lower 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 Coorparoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30707/coorparoo/topic/community