14.8% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cobram · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cobram
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement in Cobram has seen steady patterns of service and support over the last decade. Roughly 15% of the community volunteer their time, and about 3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. While some forms of unpaid work are less common here than elsewhere, general caregiving remains consistent with national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of people in Cobram volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and about the same as the national average. However, this rate is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower here than in most areas, sitting at 19.6% compared to 26.3% across Australia and Victoria. Similarly, 19.1% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, a little below the national figure, while general unpaid care is around 12.5%, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
12.5% ▲ +7.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.6% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.0% of the population. This is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0% and about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Cobram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20592/cobram/topic/community