17.5% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cooma · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Cooma
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About 17.5% of people in Cooma volunteer their time, a figure well above the national average. While this shows a strong local commitment to community work, the number of volunteers has fallen by 6 points since 2011. The area also sees more people serving in the Defence Force than in most similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Cooma is much more common than in most areas, though it has dropped from 23.5% in 2011 to 17.5% recently.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people here provide unpaid care than in most areas, with 12.9% doing so. However, the share of people caring for children unpaid is 22.8%, which is well below the national figure.
12.9% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.4% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 20.4%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.8% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.8%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Cooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101031014/cooma/topic/community