5.5% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Campbellfield - Coolaroo · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Campbellfield - Coolaroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 5.5% of people in Campbellfield - Coolaroo volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for any similar area. This low level of community volunteering is a key feature of the area and has barely changed over the last decade. Other forms of community and unpaid work here also trend well below the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are well below the national figure of 14.1% and the state's 13.3%. At 5.5%, this is among the lowest levels of volunteering seen at this level.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.4% of people provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure, other types of unpaid work are much lower. Only 21% care for children unpaid and 14.4% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below state and national levels.
13.4% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.4% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
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.
Defence service is rare in the area, with 0.8% of people having served. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and is a little below the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
0.8%
Lower than 94% 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 Campbellfield - Coolaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/210051243/campbellfield-coolaroo/topic/community