23.2% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.9%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coghills Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coghills Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost a quarter of residents in Coghills Creek volunteer their time, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong tendency for people to provide unpaid care and housework within their homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 23.2% of people helping out. This is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 30.4% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is far above the state figure. This sits alongside a high rate of people providing unpaid care (21.7%) and 29.0% who care for children without pay.
21.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.0% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 29.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.4% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 30.4%
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 2.0% 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 Coghills Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20603/coghills-creek/topic/community