15.5% —
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coombs · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Coombs
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Coombs provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This level of family care is one of the highest for areas of this type, though other forms of community support and volunteering are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the national average but lower than the ACT's 18.4%. This figure has fallen by 3.4 percentage points since 2016.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here at 35.6%, well above the ACT's 28.3%. In contrast, the 8.7% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
8.7% —
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.6% —
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.9% —
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
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 3.9% of the population. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8%, though it sits a little below the ACT average.
3.9%
Higher than 75% 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 Coombs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801101135/coombs/topic/community