23.2% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cow Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cow Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Cow Bay volunteer, making it a community where residents are far more likely to give their time than in most other areas. This high level of participation stands out against a low number of people caring for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 9.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—a figure far below the national average—housework is common, with 26.1% doing 15 or more hours a week. Unpaid care for others is 10.8%, which is a little below the Australian figure.
10.8% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.4% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.1%
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 5.4% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
5.4%
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 Cow Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30735/cow-bay/topic/community