15.1% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 54% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Colac · Urban Area
Community Participation in Colac
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering and doing unpaid housework in Colac than they were in 2011. While 15.1% of residents still volunteer, this is a drop from nearly 20% a decade ago. Other forms of community support remain common, especially unpaid care for those in need.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a little more common in Colac than in Victoria or Australia, with 15.1% of people helping out. However, this is 4.6 percentage points lower than the 19.7% recorded in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is much more common here than in most areas, rising to 14.1% since 2011. Meanwhile, the proportion of people doing unpaid childcare and housework has fallen since 2011, with 24.9% now caring for children.
14.1% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 83% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -21.3%
Higher than 50% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
Defence service is much less common in Colac than in most areas. At 2.4%, the number of people who served is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 87% 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 Colac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2006/colac/topic/community