22.5% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cottles Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cottles Bridge
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 22.5% of residents in Cottles Bridge volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This high level of community spirit is seen alongside a strong tendency for locals to provide unpaid care and housework for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much more common here than in most similar areas, with 22.5% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common in Cottles Bridge, where 32.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% Australian average. This is consistent with the area being among the highest for providing unpaid care, at 21.5%.
21.5% ▲ +50.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.9% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 32.9%
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 1.5% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 63% 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 Cottles Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20654/cottles-bridge/topic/community