17.9% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cobains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cobains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Cobains contribute their time to others than is typical across Victoria and Australia. This is a community where nearly 18% of people volunteer, and a very high number provide unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of residents giving their time, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of life for many, as 32.7% of people care for children unpaid—a figure well above the 26.3% seen across the state and nation. This is alongside a higher than usual 14.3% of residents providing general unpaid care.
14.3% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.7% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.4%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 4.5% of people having served in the Defence Force compared to 2.0% in Victoria.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Cobains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20586/cobains/topic/community