18.3% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cooyal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cooyal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Cooyal has shifted over the years, with 18.3% of people now volunteering. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is a common level for similar areas and well above the New South Wales average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 5.2% of people provide unpaid care—well below the national figure of 11.9%—nearly 30% do over 15 hours of unpaid housework, which is much higher than most areas. The proportion of people caring for children unpaid is also well below the state and national rates at 19.1%.
5.2% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.6% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 29.6%
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 service is more common here than in most areas, with 5.1% of people having served in the Defence Force.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Cooyal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11055/cooyal/topic/community