13.4% ▼ -45.5%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coonamble · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Coonamble
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
An 11 point drop in volunteers since 2011 is the most striking shift for Coonamble. While current volunteer rates are about the same as the national figure, a shrinking number of people now give their time to unpaid community work. This decline is mirrored in a general drop in unpaid care and housework across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 13.4% of people in Coonamble volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is a significant decrease from 2011, when 24.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most places, with only 11.1% of people providing care. This includes 22.1% caring for children and 16.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below the national figures.
11.1% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.1% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 1.8% of the population. This is much lower than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the rates for New South Wales and Australia.
1.8%
Lower than 88% 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 Coonamble [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115044/coonamble/topic/community