19.3% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coleraine · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Coleraine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Coleraine volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, though the proportion of volunteers has fallen from 25% in 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.3% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is far below the state average at 14.7%, but 14% of people provide other forms of unpaid care, which is higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 23.5% of residents do over 15 hours of housework weekly, a figure well above the Victorian average.
14.0% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.7% ▼ -41.2%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 small number of people in Coleraine have served in the Defence Force, at 1.8%, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
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 Coleraine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221020/coleraine/topic/community