18.1% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Copacabana · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Copacabana
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back and helping others is a big part of daily life in Copacabana. Many residents take on unpaid roles, with 18.1% of people volunteering, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, as 18.1% of residents give their time, a rate well above both New South Wales and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high in this area; 31.5% of people care for children unpaid, and 27.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both figures sitting well above the national average. Meanwhile, 12.3% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as across Australia.
12.3% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.5% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.6%
- 2016: 36.1%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
About 2.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the state and national levels.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Copacabana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11056/copacabana/topic/community