12.4% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coburg North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coburg North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small gap exists between Coburg North and the wider community in how people give their time. While most figures sit close to state and national levels, only 12.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 12.4% of people in Coburg North volunteer their time. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the Victoria figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13% of people providing care and 25.9% caring for children, both of which are around the middle for this level. However, the 19.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is much lower than in most other areas.
13.0% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 1% of the population. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.0%
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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20597/coburg-north/topic/community