26.2% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 26.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coolringdon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coolringdon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Coolringdon has seen significant shifts, with a very high rate of volunteering now marking the area. Over a quarter of the population gives their time to help others, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.2% of people helping out. This is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 15.4% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the 26.3% Australian average—a very high 21.5% provide other forms of unpaid care. This is far above the state figure of 11.5%.
21.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across 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 Coolringdon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11033/coolringdon/topic/community