0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cottonvale · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 35% of people provide unpaid care in Cottonvale, which is far above the national figure. While unpaid care and housework are common here, the community is very inactive when it comes to formal volunteering.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in the area volunteered during the census, a figure that is far below both the New South Wales and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 35% of people providing care and 30% doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly. This includes 35% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure.
35.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Cottonvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11087/cottonvale/topic/community