20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 41.1%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cooke Plains · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cooke Plains
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has shifted in Cooke Plains, where volunteering remains a strong part of local life. One in five residents gives their time to others, a figure well above the national average. This spirit of service is seen in both community work and a higher-than-usual rate of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.0% of people helping out. This is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common, with 36.7% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, which is far above the national figure. While 15.0% provide unpaid care, the rate of people caring for children is well below the Australian average at 16.7%.
15.0% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.7% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 36.7%
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.
A much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.8%, this is a little above both the state and national figures.
4.8%
Higher than 78% 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 Cooke Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40297/cooke-plains/topic/community