17.1% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coolatai · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coolatai
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Coolatai provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out in the home or for others, there is a particularly strong culture of volunteering compared to the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.1% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common at 25.6%, while 23.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly. However, the 8.5% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than in most areas.
8.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
No one in Coolatai has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Coolatai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11028/coolatai/topic/community