11.5% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coniston · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coniston
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Coniston is marked by lower rates of unpaid work and volunteering than in most other areas. Only 11.5% of people here volunteer, which is a little below the national figure. This trend extends to home life, with much lower proportions of residents providing unpaid childcare or housework compared to other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most areas, with 11.5% of residents giving their time. This is a little below both the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is much lower than in most areas, at 19.4%, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. While 19.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework—a little below the national figure—the 12.9% of residents providing general unpaid care is a little above the state average.
12.9% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.4% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
About 2.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas, though it remains about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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).
More for Coniston
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Coniston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11010/coniston/topic/community