15.0% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coffs Harbour · Urban Area
Community Participation in Coffs Harbour
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Coffs Harbour involves a significant amount of unpaid support, with 13.0% of residents providing unpaid care. This is a little above the national figure. While community contribution remains steady, the rate of volunteering has dropped over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.0% of people in Coffs Harbour volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 19.2% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here do a lot of housework than in most areas, with 22.2% spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. About 25.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is roughly the same as the state and national figures.
13.0% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 53% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 55% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 60% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 a little more common here than in New South Wales, with 3.3% of the population having served in the Defence Force.
3.3%
Higher than 56% of urban area 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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1011/coffs-harbour/topic/community