17.0% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kooralgin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kooralgin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care than most similar areas define the community spirit in Kooralgin. While 19.1% of residents provide unpaid care, the area also sees a decent number of people giving their time as volunteers.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of people in Kooralgin volunteer their time, which is a little above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 19.1% of people providing support, well above the national figure of 11.9%. Interestingly, the area has some of the lowest rates of people doing unpaid housework or caring for children, both of which are far below the state and national figures.
19.1% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
8.5% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
12.8% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
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.
No one in Kooralgin has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average 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 Kooralgin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31570/kooralgin/topic/community