10.5% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coaldale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coaldale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower volunteering rates than most areas define Coaldale, where only 10.5% of people help out. This stands in contrast to a high number of residents who take on significant unpaid work and childcare at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.5% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 28.1% of people doing over 15 hours of housework and 29.8% caring for children, both figures being well above the national average. However, those providing other types of unpaid care are few at 8.8%, which is much lower than most areas.
8.8% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 28.1%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is lower than most areas and a little below the state figure of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Coaldale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10944/coaldale/topic/community