19.0% ▼ -45.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coromandel East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coromandel East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a third of people in Coromandel East spend their time caring for children, making it a place where family duties shape daily life. While 19% of residents volunteer, the most striking feature is how many more people here take on unpaid home and childcare roles compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 17% and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, with 33% caring for children and 29.7% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures being well above the national average. In contrast, 11.7% provide other unpaid care, which is a little below the state figure.
11.7% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 29.7%
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.
Only 2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the South Australian figure of 3.2%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Coromandel East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40313/coromandel-east/topic/community