15.0% ▲ +131.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coonawarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coonawarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 61.9% of people in Coonawarra have served in the Defence Force, which is far above national and territory figures. This makes the area stand out as a major hub for military personnel. Other forms of community involvement, like volunteering and unpaid care, are much less common here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of residents volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the Northern Territory and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is almost non-existent here, with 0.0% of people providing care for children, doing significant housework, or providing general unpaid care. These figures are far below the national and territory levels.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Coonawarra has one of the highest proportions of Defence Force veterans in the country, with 61.9% of residents having served, far exceeding the 2.8% national figure.
61.9%
Higher 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 Coonawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70064/coonawarra/topic/community