16.0% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Coraki · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Coraki
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people perform heavy housework in West Coraki than across the rest of the state. While 16% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure, unpaid home duties are the most striking feature of local community life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16% of people giving their time. This is a little above the national figure and well above the New South Wales rate of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Home duties are very prominent, as 33.3% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a figure far above the national average. This trend is seen alongside a higher than usual 27.2% of people caring for children unpaid, though only 4.9% provide other types of unpaid care, which is well below the state and national figures.
4.9% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
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 area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
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 West Coraki [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14260/west-coraki/topic/community