13.5% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coutts Crossing · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Coutts Crossing
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care define the community of Coutts Crossing (L) compared to similar areas. While volunteering is about the same as the national figure, the area sees a very high proportion of people providing unpaid support to others and children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure has fallen 5.2 percentage points since 2011, though it remains about the same as the New South Wales and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 31.1% of people caring for children and 19.0% providing general unpaid care. Both figures are well above the national average, with child care rising 11 percentage points since 2011.
19.0% ▲ +53.9%
Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.1% ▲ +52.5%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
A higher than usual proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force. At 4.1%, this is a little above both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
4.1%
Higher than 63% 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 Coutts Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121024/coutts-crossing/topic/community