19.0% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coonamia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coonamia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 27% of residents in Coonamia spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. This is the most common form of community contribution in the area, which is well above the national figure. Local volunteering rates are also strong, with nearly one in five people giving their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 19.0% of people helping out. This is a little above the South Australian figure and well above the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 26.6% of people do significant unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure, only 10.1% provide unpaid care. This is a little below both the state and national rates.
10.1% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -33.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.9%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 26.6%
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. This is lower than most areas and well below the South Australian 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 Coonamia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40305/coonamia/topic/community