9.3% ▼ -45.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coorumba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coorumba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower levels of volunteering than most similar areas define Coorumba, where only 9.3% of people give their time to a cause. This is well below the national and state figures of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in other areas, with only 9.3% of people providing care. This is a little below the national figure of 11.9%, and 18.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is much lower than most areas.
9.3% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▼ -44.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.8% of people having served. This is about the same as the national figure, though a little below Queensland's 3.9%.
2.8%
Higher than 52% 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 Coorumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30708/coorumba/topic/community