14.5% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
South Coogee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in South Coogee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual proportion of veterans live in South Coogee, where 3.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force. Most people here lead typical lives in terms of volunteering and unpaid care, with levels remaining consistent with state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people in South Coogee volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but sits a little above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 27.1% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is a little above the state average. Other forms of unpaid work are more typical, with 12.5% providing general unpaid care and 20.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework.
12.5% ▲ +8.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 29.1%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▲ +12.4%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.5% of the population having served, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.5%
Higher than 63% 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 South Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13595/south-coogee/topic/community