24.0% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coffin Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coffin Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of helping out defines daily life in Coffin Bay, where 24% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and shows a community that is far more active in local efforts than most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly a quarter of residents volunteer, which is well above the 17% seen across South Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 29.3% of people doing over 15 hours a week, a figure well above the national average. In contrast, the 17.9% of people caring for children unpaid is well below both the state and national figures.
12.4% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% ▼ -21.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.3% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.8%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 29.3%
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 much more common here than in most areas, with 5% of residents having served, which is a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
5.0%
Higher than 80% 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 Coffin Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40278/coffin-bay/topic/community