24.7% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coolbinia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coolbinia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in four people in Coolbinia volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is mirrored in the home, where many residents provide unpaid care and support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 24.7% of people pitching in, which is much higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life for many, as 35.6% of people care for children unpaid, a figure well above the national 26.3%. This is alongside a higher than usual 13.7% who provide other types of unpaid care.
13.7% ▲ +1.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.6% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
About 2.6% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Coolbinia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50325/coolbinia/topic/community