16.6% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coopernook · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coopernook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Coopernook step up to help others than in most parts of the country. While the typical resident is active in the community, 26.7% of people spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people volunteer here, a figure that is well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.8% of residents providing care and 25.9% looking after children, which is about the same as the national average. This sits alongside a high rate of people doing significant housework, well above the 20.7% seen across Australia.
13.8% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
Defence Force service is around the middle for similar areas, with 2.9% of the population having served, which is about the same as the Australian figure of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Coopernook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11047/coopernook/topic/community