37.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.4%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Cowal · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Cowal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A remarkable 37.5% of people volunteer in Lake Cowal, making it one of the most active areas for community help. This high level of local contribution is matched by a strong commitment to home life, with nearly half the population spending significant time on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than in the rest of the country, with 37.5% of people helping out compared to the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 46.9% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is far above the 20.7% national average. While 25% of residents provide unpaid childcare, no one in the area reported providing other types of unpaid care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
46.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 46.9%
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 residents in Lake Cowal have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Lake Cowal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12253/lake-cowal/topic/community