18.6% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 20.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coimadai · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coimadai
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Coimadai involves a strong commitment to helping others, with 18.6% of people volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and shows a community where residents are very active in local support and unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.6% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.3% of people providing unpaid care, well above the 11.9% national average. This is consistent with 25.6% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is also well above the national figure.
16.3% ▲ +59.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.5% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.4%, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.4%
Lower than 64% 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 Coimadai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20605/coimadai/topic/community