12.0% ▼ -23.5%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Central Coast · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Central Coast
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 12% of people in Central Coast volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This reflects a general decline in community activity, as the number of volunteers has fallen by 3.7 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 12% of residents helping out, a figure slightly below both the state and national levels.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 25.8% of people provide unpaid childcare, which is similar to the national figure. Around 23.2% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is a little above the Australian average.
12.4% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.8% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 less common here than in most areas, though the 2.8% who have served is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.8%
Lower than 70% of urban centre 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 Central Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL102002/central-coast/topic/community