13.5% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cookamidgera · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cookamidgera
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for unpaid care, Cookamidgera is a place where many residents dedicate significant time to family and home. While volunteering rates are typical, the level of unpaid work in the home is much higher than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people here volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian totals.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 33.3% of people doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This is consistent with the 34.9% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is well above the Australian average.
15.9% ▲ +64.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.9% ▲ +12.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 34.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.3% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 33.3%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the rates seen across New South Wales and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Cookamidgera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11016/cookamidgera/topic/community