19.5% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cobaki Lakes · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cobaki Lakes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Cobaki Lakes give their time to volunteer, making it a highly active place for community work. This is far more common here than in the rest of New South Wales or Australia, though other residents are much less likely to provide unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Very few people provide unpaid care here; only 12.2% care for children and 0.0% provide other unpaid care, both of which are far below national levels. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are well below the New South Wales figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.2% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.1% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
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 residents reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales and national figures.
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 Cobaki Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10947/cobaki-lakes/topic/community