13.5% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cornubia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cornubia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 31.7% of people in Cornubia provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high rate of family care is the most striking feature of the area's community activity. Other forms of volunteering and service follow general trends for the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of residents are volunteers, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is common here, with 31.7% of people caring for children unpaid, far exceeding the national figure of 26.3%. Around 23.1% do at least 15 hours of housework a week, which is a little above the state average.
12.2% ▲ +23.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure but a little below Queensland's average.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Cornubia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30727/cornubia/topic/community