8.8% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Comaum · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Comaum
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has seen a shift in Comaum, where very few people now take on unpaid roles. Only 8.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with only 8.8% of people pitching in. This is well below South Australia's 17% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is uncommon in the area. Only 17.6% of people care for children unpaid, and far fewer than the national average of 20.7% spend 15 or more hours on housework. No one in the area provides other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.6% —
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.8% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 less common here than in most areas. No residents have served in the Defence Force, which is well below the state figure of 3.2%.
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 Comaum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40288/comaum/topic/community