10.7% ▼ -65.4%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koorawatha · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Koorawatha
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid care marks the community of Koorawatha, where 16.0% of people provide this kind of support. This figure is well above both the state and national levels. While many help others, the number of local volunteers has dropped sharply since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.7% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 30.8% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common at 16.0%, though the 13.1% who care for children is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 23.8% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the Australian figure.
16.0% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.1% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.8% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
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.
Service to the country is more common here than in most areas, with 5.3% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
5.3%
Higher than 81% of urban centre 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 Koorawatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122074/koorawatha/topic/community