9.2% ▼ -58.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koorainghat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koorainghat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid care define daily life in Koorainghat, where 18.3% of people provide unpaid support to others. While many residents manage demanding home lives, very few take part in formal volunteering compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 9.2% of people helping out, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, as 35.9% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, a figure far above the national average of 20.7%. This high level of domestic work is consistent with 18.3% of residents providing unpaid care, which is much higher than most similar areas.
18.3% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.9% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.7%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 35.9%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.2% of people having served.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Koorainghat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12200/koorainghat/topic/community