14.5% ▼ -63.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coxs Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coxs Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid childcare define community life in Coxs Creek compared to the rest of the state. While many residents are busy with family duties, the area sees moderate levels of general volunteering and a very small number of former defence personnel.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 32.7% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This high level of family care is mirrored in housework, where 25.5% do 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the state average.
12.7% ▲ +69.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▲ +41.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Coxs Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11100/coxs-creek/topic/community