13.2% ▼ -32.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cottonvale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cottonvale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Cottonvale involves very little unpaid care and volunteer work compared to other similar areas. While 13.2% of people volunteer, this is much lower than in most other places. Many local residents do not spend their spare time in these community-focused roles.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people in Cottonvale volunteer, which is much lower than in most other areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is uncommon here, with only 18.2% of people caring for children and 13.2% doing over 15 hours of housework—both figures are well below the national average. This trend is consistent with the 11.6% of people providing general unpaid care, which is lower than in most areas.
11.6% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.2% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.2% ▼ -53.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
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.
No one in Cottonvale has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Cottonvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30732/cottonvale/topic/community