28.6% ▼ -13.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cobrico · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cobrico
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Cobrico volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This community is highly active in supporting others, with many residents giving their time to local causes and a significant number who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.6% of residents pitching in. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much more common than in most areas, with 15.9% of people providing support. This is well above the Australian figure of 11.9%, although the 23.8% who care for children unpaid is a little below the national average of 26.3%.
15.9% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 20.6%
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 proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.8%, this is a little above both the Victorian figure of 2.0% and the national figure of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 78% 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 Cobrico [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20594/cobrico/topic/community