19.5% ▼ -36.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coorabell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coorabell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 20% of people in Coorabell volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than seen across New South Wales. This spirit of giving is a standout feature for the area, while other forms of community service and care are less common.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 19.5% of residents helping out. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.0% rate for New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is steady at 25.1%, nearly identical to the state average. However, the 8.0% of people providing other unpaid care is well below the national figure of 11.9%.
8.0% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▲ +2.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 22.2%
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.
Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, with only 0.7% doing so. This is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.7%
Lower than 70% 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 Coorabell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11051/coorabell/topic/community