15.1% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cobram · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cobram
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Cobram involves less unpaid care and volunteering than in many other similar towns. While 15.1% of people volunteer, this is a drop from the 19.2% seen in 2011. The area generally sees lower rates of unpaid housework and childcare compared to both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.1% of people in Cobram volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3%. However, this is lower than most similar areas and has fallen 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people here perform unpaid care roles, with only 20.1% caring for children, well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly are much lower than in most areas, falling to 18.6% since 2011.
12.4% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.1% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
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 uncommon here, with 2.7% of the population having served. This is about the same as the 2.0% for Victoria and 2.8% for Australia, though it remains lower than most similar areas.
2.7%
Lower than 72% 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 Cobram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214004/cobram/topic/community