13.9% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coburg · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coburg
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Coburg have remained steady since 2011, mirroring national trends. While 13.9% of people volunteer, a higher than usual number of residents provide some form of unpaid care. This reflects a community where caregiving is more common than in most similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.9% of people in Coburg volunteer, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.1% of people providing this support. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly are much lower than in most areas at 18.5%.
14.1% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.5% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.5% ▲ +2.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 18.5%
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 less common in Coburg than in most areas, with only 0.9% of people having served, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Coburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20596/coburg/topic/community