19.1% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coorong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coorong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A stark gap in unpaid care and service exists in Coorong compared to the rest of the country. While nearly one in five people volunteer here, the area has almost no one providing unpaid care or serving in the Defence Force. This creates a unique local profile where community contribution is high, but formal and informal care roles are very low.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Coorong, with 19.1% of people giving their time. This is a little above the South Australian figure and well above the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are very uncommon here; notably, 0.0% of people provide unpaid care, which is far below the national figure of 11.9%. Similarly, the proportions of people doing unpaid housework or childcare are both a little below the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
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 0.0% rate is well below South Australia's 3.2% and a little below the national figure.
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 Coorong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40308/coorong/topic/community