13.6% ▼ -26.4%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coffs Harbour - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Coffs Harbour - South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare in Coffs Harbour - South compared to the rest of the state. While many residents are active in their community, those helping out with children and housework are much less common than in other Australian areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure. However, this is 4.9 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 21.2% of residents provide unpaid childcare, a figure well below the New South Wales and national averages. Similarly, people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework at 18.8% are fewer than in most areas, while 12.0% provide other unpaid care.
12.0% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.8% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Coffs Harbour - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/104021085/coffs-harbour-south/topic/community