23.4% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coledale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coledale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement define Coledale compared to most similar areas. This is most evident in the high number of residents who volunteer, with 23.4% of the population giving their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are far above the New South Wales figure, with 23.4% of residents volunteering compared to 13% across the state.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 30% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend continues with 29.6% caring for children unpaid and 13.6% providing other unpaid care, both of which are higher than in most areas.
13.6% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% ▲ +29.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 30.0%
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 1.6%, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.6%
Lower than 63% 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 Coledale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10966/coledale/topic/community