28.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cobaw · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cobaw
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A remarkable 28% of people in Cobaw volunteer their time, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is mirrored in the home, where residents spend significantly more time on unpaid care and housework than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28% of people helping out. This is far above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Family care is a major part of life in Cobaw, where 37.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—among the highest rates for any similar area. While 26.8% do plenty of housework, the 9.8% who provide other types of unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
9.8% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.8% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.7%
- 2021: 26.8%
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, which is a little below the 2% seen across Victoria and the 2.8% national average.
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 Cobaw [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20587/cobaw/topic/community