# Community Participation — Cooyar

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Area: Cooyar (Suburb / Locality)

Higher rates of unpaid care work set Cooyar apart from most similar areas. While 17% of people provide unpaid care, this is well above the national figure of 11.9%.

About 15.6% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.

Unpaid care is common here, with 17% of people providing care and 28.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well above the national figures. In contrast, the 12.3% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.

A higher share of people here have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.7% of residents having served.

## Statistics

| Statistic | Value | Change since |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Volunteers | 15.6% | -37.2% since 2011 |
| People providing unpaid care | 17.0% | -3.6% since 2011 |
| People caring for children unpaid | 12.3% | -43.2% since 2011 |
| People who served in the Defence Force | 3.7% | — |
| People doing 15+ hours of unpaid housework | 28.8% | -10.5% since 2011 |

Interactive: https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30713/cooyar/topic/community