23.3% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cowan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cowan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Cowan stands out for its high levels of community involvement compared to most similar areas. A striking 23.3% of residents volunteer their time, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.3% of people here volunteer, a rate that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care roles are common in Cowan, with 27.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. This is alongside a slightly higher rate of people caring for children unpaid compared to the state average.
13.0% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.2% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.2%
Higher 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 Cowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11097/cowan/topic/community