9.9% ▼ -49.7%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coomera · State Electorate
Community Participation in Coomera
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Coomera involves a high level of family responsibility, with 35.4% of people providing unpaid childcare. This is well above the national figure and marks a significant increase since 2011. However, other forms of community involvement, such as volunteering, have seen a sharp decline.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 9.9% of people in Coomera volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This level of participation has fallen by 9.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, with 35.4% of people providing this care, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 20.9% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, and 10.3% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the national average.
10.3% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.4% ▲ +22.9%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.9% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 20.9%
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 2.4% of the population, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average of 3.9% and about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 66% of state electorate 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 Coomera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30022/coomera/topic/community