15.5% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koolewong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koolewong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state and national figures, 28.4% of people in Koolewong do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework each week. This high level of domestic work is a key feature of community life in the area, alongside steady rates of volunteering and caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.5% of residents volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is lower than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.2% of people providing care and 25% looking after children, which is about the same as the state. The most striking figure is for housework, where 28.4% of people work 15 or more hours weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%.
13.2% ▼ -13.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -14.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas, with 1.8% of people having served. This is a little below the Australian figure of 2.8%.
1.8%
Lower than 61% 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 Koolewong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12194/koolewong/topic/community