13.2% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kooralbyn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kooralbyn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care define Kooralbyn compared to most similar areas. While volunteer rates are typical for the country, the community has a much higher proportion of people providing unpaid care and those who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.3% of people providing care and 27.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both well above the national figures. However, the 19.4% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national rate of 26.3%.
16.3% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.5%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 5.9% of the population, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
5.9%
Higher than 87% 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 Kooralbyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31569/kooralbyn/topic/community