8.0% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koonawarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koonawarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Koonawarra than in other parts of the state, with only 8% of residents giving their time. While community volunteering is low, there is a strong presence of people providing unpaid care for others in the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8% of people here volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13% and among the lowest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14% of residents providing care—a bit higher than the national figure of 11.9%. About 25.4% of people care for children unpaid, which is roughly the same as across Australia.
14.0% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -19.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
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 Koonawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12196/koonawarra/topic/community