11.8% ▼ -48.5%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cooloola Village · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cooloola Village
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of residents in Cooloola Village spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This high level of home-based work defines the area's community participation, which also sees a strong presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has dropped sharply here, falling 11 percentage points since 2011 to 11.8%. This is now much lower than most similar areas and sits a little below the Queensland and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common, with 16.6% of people providing this support, which is well above the national figure. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is far below the state and national averages at just 11.3%.
16.6% ▲ +86.1%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.3% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.5% ▲ +31.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 29.5%
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 7.5% of the population. This is among the highest levels for this type of area and is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.5%
Higher than 94% 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 Cooloola Village [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315025/cooloola-village/topic/community