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Cobbora · Suburb / Locality

Community Participation in Cobbora

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Half of the people in Cobbora provide unpaid childcare, a figure far above the national average of 26.3%. This high level of family support stands out in a small area where other forms of community service and care are very rare.

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📍 Cobbora, Suburb / Locality

Where Cobbora sits — Volunteers

15.0% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cobbora — lower than 65% of areas.

Cobbora15.0%
2844, NSW 24.6%
New South Wales 13.0%
Australia 14.1%

Participation

Volunteering for organisations and groups.

About 15% of residents volunteer their time. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13% and is about the same as the Australian average.

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15.0% —

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.

Unpaid care & work

Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.

While 50% of the community cares for children unpaid, no one in the area reports providing other unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework. These figures are far below the state and national averages.

Defence service

People who served in the Australian Defence Force.

No one in Cobbora has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.

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 Cobbora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10954/cobbora/topic/community