11.7% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koo Wee Rup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koo Wee Rup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people are volunteering in Koo Wee Rup than in previous years, but unpaid care remains a major part of life here. A striking 32.6% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.7% of people in Koo Wee Rup volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a primary focus here, with 32.6% of people caring for children unpaid—well above the 26.3% seen across Australia. General unpaid care is also a little higher than the state average at 14.1%, while 20.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
14.1% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
About 2.4% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is roughly the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Koo Wee Rup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21380/koo-wee-rup/topic/community