16.3% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coconuts · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Coconuts
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much lower rate of unpaid childcare defines Coconuts (L), where only 16.3% of people provide this care compared to over 26% nationally. While the area has a strong record of military service, overall community volunteering has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.3% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is a notable drop from 2011, when volunteering sat at 25.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the national figure, yet 25.3% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the 20.7% seen across Australia. Meanwhile, the proportion of people providing general unpaid care rose slightly since 2011 to 14.2%.
14.2% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.3% ▼ -38.4%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.3% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 25.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 7.4% of the population. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is well above the national figure of 2.8%.
7.4%
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 Coconuts [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322028/coconuts/topic/community