22.5% ▼ -20.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coolangatta · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coolangatta
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 32% of people in Coolangatta do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week, which is far above the national figure. This high level of home-based work is a key feature of the area, alongside a very strong culture of volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Giving back is common here, with 22.5% of residents volunteering. This is well above 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.
While 12.6% of people provide unpaid care and 24.6% look after children—both around the middle for similar areas—the proportion of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is far above the state average.
12.6% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.3%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.6% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.3%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 31.6%
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.
Defence service is typical for this region, with 2.5% of people having served in the Defence Force, a figure about the same as the state and national averages.
2.5%
Lower than 53% 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 Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11026/coolangatta/topic/community