8.7% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cosgrove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cosgrove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of military service defines daily life in Cosgrove, where 9.4% of people have served in the Defence Force. While this is well above the national figure, the area sees much lower levels of community volunteering and unpaid care than other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.1% of people provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—other forms of care are rare. Only 6.8% provide unpaid care and just 10.8% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national average.
6.8% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.8% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
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.
Military service is very common here, with 9.4% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the national figure of 2.8% and the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
9.4%
Higher than 94% 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 Cosgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30729/cosgrove/topic/community