22.3% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cookernup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cookernup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has remained a strong feature of Cookernup, where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than in most areas. A striking 22.3% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Cookernup, with 22.3% of people giving their time. This is well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Giving unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 15.9% of people providing support. This goes alongside a higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework, at 27.7%, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
15.9% ▲ +48.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.7% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.1%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
About 2.8% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages.
2.8%
Higher than 53% 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 Cookernup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50322/cookernup/topic/community