20.7% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cootamundra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cootamundra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving has grown in Cootamundra, where community involvement now reaches far beyond national levels. More than one in five residents volunteer their time, a figure that sits well above both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.7% of people here volunteer, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.4% of residents providing care—a little above the national figure. While 24.3% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the Australian average, those caring for children unpaid (23.7%) are slightly below the national level.
14.4% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.7% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
Four per cent of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8% and higher than most similar areas.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Cootamundra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11053/cootamundra/topic/community