15.1% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Coolon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Coolon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Just over 15% of people in Mount Coolon volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland average. This is the most common form of community contribution in an area where unpaid care and military service are very uncommon.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is about the same as the national average and slightly higher than the state rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very uncommon here, as only 4.4% of people provide unpaid care and just 11.9% look after children unpaid, both of which are far below the national figures.
4.4% ▼ -49.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.9% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.3% ▼ -53.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
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 Mount Coolon has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
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 Mount Coolon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31949/mount-coolon/topic/community