11.2% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coolgardie · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Coolgardie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well below the state average for volunteering and care, Coolgardie sees much lower levels of unpaid community work than most areas. Only 11.2% of the population volunteer, and the rate of people providing unpaid care is among the lowest across the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Coolgardie has fallen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011 to 11.2%. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas; only 6.2% of people provide this support, and those caring for children unpaid fell to 22.7% since 2011. This is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
6.2% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.7% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force, with 3.5% of residents having served. This is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
3.5%
Higher than 68% 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 Coolgardie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51960/coolgardie/topic/community