15.1% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coconut Grove · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coconut Grove
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Coconut Grove compared to the rest of the Territory. While 15.1% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure, the area stands out for having very low rates of unpaid domestic and care work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people in Coconut Grove volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Northern Territory and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 7.8% of people providing such care. Similarly, the 21.5% who care for children unpaid is well below the Northern Territory's 30.2%, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework are among the lowest in the country.
7.8% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.5% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.5%
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 common here, with 2.6% of residents having served. This is about the same as the Australian average, though a little below the Northern Territory figure of 5.2%.
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 Coconut Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70059/coconut-grove/topic/community