20.4% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coleambally · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Coleambally
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Coleambally (L), where 20.4% of people give their time to help others. This level of community involvement is well above both the state and national figures. While local participation remains high, the proportion of volunteers has fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five residents volunteer here, a figure that is well above the New South Wales average of 13%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 28.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people perform unpaid work compared to other areas, with only 20% caring for children unpaid, which is well below the Australian figure of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework and those providing other unpaid care are also lower than most areas.
10.9% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.0% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8% and sits around the middle for similar areas.
3.8%
Higher than 57% 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 Coleambally [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121021/coleambally/topic/community