23.2% ▼ -35.9%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coobowie · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Coobowie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering rates have dropped by 13 percentage points since 2011 in Coobowie, though the area remains very active. Nearly a quarter of residents still give their time to help others, which is well above national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.2% of people volunteer here, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and well above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 16.2% of residents provide unpaid care—well above the South Australian figure—only 13.1% care for children unpaid, which is far below the state and national averages.
16.2% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
13.1% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 high proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 8.6% of people having served, well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
8.6%
Higher than 99% 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 Coobowie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422017/coobowie/topic/community