14.5% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coolgardie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coolgardie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much lower rate of unpaid care defines community life in Coolgardie compared to the rest of the state. While 5.4% of residents have served in the Defence Force—a figure well above the national average—very few people here spend their time on unpaid housework or caring for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people in Coolgardie volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and slightly below the Western Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 17% of people caring for children and 7.6% providing general unpaid care, both of which are well below the state and national figures.
7.6% ▼ -6.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.0% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, with 5.4% of residents having served, which is a little above the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Coolgardie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50327/coolgardie/topic/community