20.7% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cohuna · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cohuna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Cohuna contribute to their community through volunteering and care than in most similar areas. While 20.7% of residents volunteer, this is well above the national figure of 14.1%. These high levels of community support are seen across both unpaid care and defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.7% of people helping out, which is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 26.6% of residents volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is high, with 26% of people doing over 15 hours of housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 14.7% provide general unpaid care, the 20.2% who care for children is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.7% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.2% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 26.0%
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 proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.3%, this is a little above both the Victorian (2.0%) and Australian (2.8%) figures.
4.3%
Higher than 67% 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 Cohuna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215024/cohuna/topic/community