20.7% ▼ -34.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coleraine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coleraine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a big part of daily life in Coleraine, where volunteering is far more common than in the rest of the country. About 20.7% of people here volunteer, a figure well above the national average of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit defines how locals connect and support one another.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.7% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.9% of people provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas, far fewer people look after children unpaid (14.9%) compared to the national figure of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 25.4% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the Victorian average.
13.9% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.9% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.4% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 25.4%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.7%. This is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.7%
Lower than 61% 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 Coleraine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20614/coleraine/topic/community