14.5% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Coopers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Coopers Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Participation levels in Upper Coopers Creek show a strong focus on home and family life. While volunteering is common, the most striking feature is that 35.5% of people provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure and a little above the New South Wales rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 35.5% of people caring for children and 27.4% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both well above the national figures. In contrast, only 6.5% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
6.5% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
35.5% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 35.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
No residents reported serving in the Defence Force, a figure slightly below the state and national rates.
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 Upper Coopers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14036/upper-coopers-creek/topic/community