14.9% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coober Pedy · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Coober Pedy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people spend their spare time on unpaid care and housework in Coober Pedy than in other parts of the country. While about 15% of the population still volunteers, this figure has fallen since 2011. The town's social landscape is marked by a very low rate of people caring for children at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.9% of people here volunteer, which is a little below the South Australian figure and lower than most similar areas. This is a decrease from 2011, when 16.8% of the population volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here, with only 11.2% of people caring for children, a figure far below the national average. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (15.0%) and those providing general unpaid care (7.9%) are both well below state and national levels.
7.9% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.2% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.0% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
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.
Defence service is common here, with 3.6% of the population having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
3.6%
Higher than 52% 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 Coober Pedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415010/coober-pedy/topic/community