33.3% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koallah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koallah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One third of people in Koallah give their time to volunteering, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where residents are much more likely to help others than people in most other parts of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 33.3% of the community volunteers, which is far above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 33.3% of people providing such support—far above the national figure of 11.9%. However, this is not driven by children, as the 13.3% of people caring for kids unpaid is far below the Victorian average of 26.3%.
33.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.3% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.0% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the 2.8% national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Koallah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21375/koallah/topic/community