11.9% ▲ +18.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cockburn Central · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cockburn Central
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 11.9% of people volunteer in Cockburn Central, which is the most common way residents participate in the community here. This rate is well below the state average, and the area generally sees much lower levels of unpaid care and housework compared to other regions.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most areas, at 11.9%, which is well below the Western Australia figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is uncommon in the area, with only 6.5% of people providing this support. This is well below the national figure of 11.9%, and far fewer people care for children unpaid (17.1%) or do heavy housework (11.4%) compared to state and national trends.
6.5% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.1% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.4% ▼ -35.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.8%, which is lower than most areas and a little below the state figure.
1.8%
Lower than 60% 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 Cockburn Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50304/cockburn-central/topic/community