19.6% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cooriemungle · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cooriemungle
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local engagement has remained steady in Cooriemungle, where nearly 20% of the population now spends time volunteering. This is a high level of community spirit, sitting well above both the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people volunteer here, at 19.6%. This is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is common, with 25.9% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is well above the national figure. However, providing unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 8.1%, and 23.3% of people care for children unpaid, which is a little below the Australian average.
8.1% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.3% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.9%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.9% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 25.9%
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.
Just 1.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
1.1%
Lower than 66% 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 Cooriemungle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20631/cooriemungle/topic/community