42.8% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.8%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 42.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Colbinabbin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Colbinabbin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Among the highest in its class for community spirit, Colbinabbin sees 42.8% of its people volunteering. This high level of engagement extends into the home, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people in other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Colbinabbin are far above the national figure of 14.1%, with 42.8% of residents giving their time.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 28.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the 20.7% national average, alongside higher rates of people caring for children (30.1%) or providing other unpaid care (17.0%).
17.0% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 28.8%
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 4.0% of the population, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Colbinabbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20611/colbinabbin/topic/community