6.1% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Copeton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Copeton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Very few people in Copeton engage in unpaid community work compared to similar areas. Only 6.1% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are among the lowest for this level of area, sitting at 6.1%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is uncommon here, with only 10.2% of people providing care, which is a little below the national figure. This includes very low rates of people doing 15 or more hours of housework (8.2%) and those caring for children unpaid (18.4%).
10.2% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.4% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.2% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 8.2%
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.
No one in Copeton reported serving in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Copeton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11059/copeton/topic/community