42.9% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coree · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coree
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A remarkably high 42.9% of people in Coree volunteer, marking a strong commitment to community work. This is far above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. While volunteering and military service are common, unpaid care duties are very low here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Almost 43% of residents volunteer, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is far above the 13% seen in New South Wales and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than usual here, with only 17.1% of people caring for children. No one in the area reported providing general unpaid care or doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, figures that are far below the national and state averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Military service is common in Coree, where 10% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.3% recorded for New South Wales and 2.8% for Australia.
10.0%
Higher than 96% 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 Coree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11071/coree/topic/community