14.0% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cootharaba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cootharaba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high share of people doing heavy housework shapes daily life in Cootharaba, where nearly 35% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on these chores. While many help out at home, the area has a smaller proportion of childcare providers than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.0% of people in Cootharaba volunteer their time, which is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is 34.9%, which is far above the national figure of 20.7%. In contrast, those caring for children unpaid make up 21.3% of the population, a figure well below both the state and national averages.
11.7% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.9% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 34.9%
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 here, with 4.6% of people having served. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Cootharaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30710/cootharaba/topic/community