28.0% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coleambally · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coleambally
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Coleambally than in most similar areas. About 28% of residents give their time to help others, which is double the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are far above the New South Wales figure, with 28% of the community pitching in compared to just 13% across the state.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14% of people providing care and 27.6% looking after children, both of which are higher than most areas.
14.0% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% ▼ -27.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 23.1%
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.
A higher proportion of people have served in the Defence Force here than in most similar areas, at 3.3%.
3.3%
Higher 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 Coleambally [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10964/coleambally/topic/community