13.6% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cockburn · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Cockburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 31% of people in Cockburn provide unpaid child care, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care is the most prominent feature of community activity in the area. Other forms of community contribution, such as volunteering and military service, are less common here than in many other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 13.6% of people helping out. This is a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well above the Australian average—fewer people do significant housework or general care. Only 19.5% spend 15 or more hours on housework, and 10.7% provide general unpaid care, both of which are lower than in most areas.
10.7% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.9% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.5% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 19.5%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.6% of the population. This is lower than in most other areas and sits about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.6%
Lower than 62% 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 Cockburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51820/cockburn/topic/community