18.5% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Costerfield · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Costerfield
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do 15 or more hours of housework each week in Costerfield than in other similar areas. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with high rates of unpaid care and volunteering. Many residents also have a history of service in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.5% of people pitching in. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 12.3% of people provide unpaid childcare—far below the national figure of 26.3%—unpaid care for others is much higher than most areas at 16.9%. This is consistent with 35.4% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is far above the Victorian average of 20.1%.
16.9% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.3% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 35.4%
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.
The area has a strong military connection, with 5.1% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Costerfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20652/costerfield/topic/community