20.5% ▼ -29.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coongulla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coongulla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Coongulla, where over one-fifth of the population gives their time to others. This level of community involvement is well above both the Victorian and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.5% of people in Coongulla volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 13.2% of residents provide unpaid care, this is about the same as the state average. However, the proportion of people caring for children is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.2% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.2% ▼ -45.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 23.2%
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.
Defence service is typical for the region, with 2.3% of residents having served in the Defence Force, a figure about the same as the national average.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Coongulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20628/coongulla/topic/community