28.7% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Comboyne · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Comboyne
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people volunteer in Comboyne, a figure far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is matched by a strong tendency to provide unpaid care and support for others within the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.7% of residents giving their time. This is far above the 14.1% typical for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of local life, as 21.3% of people provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is seen alongside a high 28.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, though the proportion of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national average at 21.6%.
21.3% ▲ +63.4%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.6% ▲ +38.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.9% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 28.9%
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.
The area has a higher proportion of veterans than most, with 3.7% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Comboyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10992/comboyne/topic/community