11.2% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coodanup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coodanup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of veterans than most similar areas live in Coodanup, where 5.3% of residents have served in the Defence Force. While the area has a strong military connection, other forms of community involvement are less common than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.2% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care of children is lower than most areas at 21.5%, well below the national figure. However, 13.5% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average.
13.5% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
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.
The 5.3% of residents who served in the Defence Force is a little above the state and national figures, which both sit around 2.8% to 2.9%.
5.3%
Higher than 83% 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 Coodanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50320/coodanup/topic/community