16.2% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coogee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coogee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering has stayed a common part of life in Coogee, where 16.2% of residents give their time to others. This level of community spirit is well above the New South Wales average. However, the area sees much lower rates of unpaid care and housework than most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people in Coogee volunteer, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1% and well above the state average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than in most areas, with only 8.7% of people providing care and 15.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework. This is well below the national figures for both housework and child care.
8.7% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.1% ▲ +19.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 15.1%
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 1.6% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Australian average.
1.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality 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 Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11015/coogee/topic/community