15.3% ▼ -47.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coomba Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coomba Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Coomba Bay has seen a shift in how people help others, with a strong presence of former Defence Force members. While 15.3% of people volunteer, a significant number of residents are heavily involved in unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.3% of people in Coomba Bay volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%, though this is lower than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very common here, with 16.6% of people providing care and 28% doing over 15 hours of housework—both well above the national figures. In contrast, only 12.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.6% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.1% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.5% of the population having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national figure.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Coomba Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11037/coomba-bay/topic/community