26.0% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coopers Shoot · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coopers Shoot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge gap in volunteer rates defines Coopers Shoot, where 26% of people give their time to others. This is far above the state and national figures, making it a place with exceptionally high levels of community involvement.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (26.5%) than in most other areas, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Other unpaid care roles, such as looking after children (26%) or providing general care (12.1%), are about the same as state and national levels.
12.1% ▲ +6.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.0% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.5% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 26.5%
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.
Around 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as across New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 55% 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 Coopers Shoot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11049/coopers-shoot/topic/community