19.3% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cordelia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cordelia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Cordelia volunteer, a rate well above the Queensland and Australian figures. This community is more active than most, with high levels of unpaid care and a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. Providing other unpaid care is also a little above the national average at 13.8%, while 26.2% of people care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the state average.
13.8% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.2% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.3% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 28.3%
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.
The area has a much higher proportion of Defence Force veterans than most similar places, with 5.5% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Cordelia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30721/cordelia/topic/community