20.5% —
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people volunteer in Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is reflected across the region's participation in unpaid work and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 20.5% of people pitching in. This is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and 13.0% in New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common than in most areas; 13.7% of people provide care and 23.4% do 15 or more hours of housework. Meanwhile, the 23.9% of people caring for children unpaid is slightly below the state and national figures.
13.7% —
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% —
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.4% —
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
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 than usual 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.3% across New South Wales.
3.4%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) 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 Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12160/cootamundra-gundagai-regional/topic/community