19.8% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cockatoo Valley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cockatoo Valley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Cockatoo Valley provide unpaid care and housework than the national average. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with high rates of volunteering and a notable number of residents who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 20% of residents are volunteers, which is well above the Australian figure of 14.1% and slightly higher than the South Australian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 31.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure. This trend extends to childcare, where 33.2% of residents provide unpaid care for children, a rate well above both the state and the nation.
13.9% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.2% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.7% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 31.7%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 4.5% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas.
4.5%
Higher than 76% 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 Cockatoo Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40276/cockatoo-valley/topic/community