25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cow Flat · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cow Flat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer and provide unpaid care in Cow Flat than in most other similar areas. One in four residents gives their time to volunteering, which is far above the national figure. This strong spirit of helping others extends to both childcare and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 25% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and the 13% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life in Cow Flat, where 37.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend continues with 29.2% caring for children and 14.6% providing other unpaid care, both of which are higher than most areas.
14.6% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.2% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 29.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
37.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 37.5%
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 the area has served in the Defence Force. This is a little below the 2.8% national average and the state figure 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 Cow Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11095/cow-flat/topic/community