13.9% ▼ -22.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cobar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cobar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local engagement in Cobar has remained steady over the last decade. Around 13.9% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that sits comfortably around the national average. Most other forms of community support and service are lower than what is usually seen in similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Cobar are around 13.9%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 9.6% of people doing so. This trend continues across the home, where those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.2%) are a little below the national figure.
9.6% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.2% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the New South Wales average.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10948/cobar/topic/community