18.0% ▼ -57.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kotupna · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kotupna
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Roughly 18% of people volunteer their time in Kotupna, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This reflects a strong community spirit in the area. While many residents contribute to the town, few have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 18.0% of residents giving their time. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (26.1%) than the national figure of 20.7%. However, this is contrasted by a much lower rate of people providing unpaid care (9.9%) and fewer people caring for children unpaid (20.7%) than in most areas.
9.9% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
Defence service is uncommon in Kotupna, where 0.0% of people have served. This is a little below the national average of 2.8% and the Victorian figure of 2.0%.
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 Kotupna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21403/kotupna/topic/community