17.9% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cope Cope · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cope Cope
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving time to others is a common part of daily life in Cope Cope, where 17.9% of people volunteer. This rate is well above the national figure and shows a strong local commitment to unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While few people here provide unpaid childcare or do heavy housework compared to the rest of the state, 17.9% of residents provide some form of unpaid care. This is much higher than most areas and well above the Australian figure of 11.9%.
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.7% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 7.7%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a result that is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
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 Cope Cope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20632/cope-cope/topic/community