18.1% ▼ -45.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cowwarr · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cowwarr
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people than usual contribute their time to the community in Cowwarr, where 18.1% of residents volunteer. This rate is well above the national figure of 14.1% and the Victorian average of 13.3%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is a strong feature of the area, with 18.1% of people giving their time, a figure that sits around the middle for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 27.2% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Other forms of care are more typical, with 12.7% providing unpaid care and 25.4% caring for children unpaid.
12.7% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.4% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 25.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
A higher number of people in Cowwarr have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.3% of the population having served.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Cowwarr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20659/cowwarr/topic/community