31.3% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coreen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coreen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher proportion of people volunteer in Coreen than in the rest of the state. Around 31.3% of residents give their time to others, which is more than double the national figure of 14.1%. This strong habit of helping out defines the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31.3% of people here volunteer, a figure that is far above both the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare—about the same as the national figure—the rate of people providing other unpaid care is well below the state and national levels at 6.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework each week are much fewer than in most areas.
6.3% ▼ -54.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.7% ▼ -43.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 17.7%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most places, with 4.3% of people having served, which is a little above the 2.3% seen across New South Wales.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Coreen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11072/coreen/topic/community