17.2% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coramba · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coramba
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 17% of people in Coramba volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. This community is more likely than most to provide unpaid support, whether through volunteering or caring for others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more frequent than in most areas, with 27.3% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, alongside a higher rate of people caring for children (28.2%) and providing general unpaid care (14.4%).
14.4% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
About 2.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% national figure and the 2.3% rate for New South Wales.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Coramba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11065/coramba/topic/community