70.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 79.4%
- 2021: 70.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coojar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coojar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 70.6% of people in Coojar volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This level of involvement is among the highest for similar areas and marks the town as an exceptionally active community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 70.6% of residents helping out, a figure far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common than in most areas, with 14.7% of people providing care and 29.4% caring for children. However, the 11.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework is well below the national figure of 20.7%.
14.7% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.4% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.3%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.8% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the 2.8% national average.
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 Coojar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20623/coojar/topic/community