9.6% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cooloongup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cooloongup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking gap in community involvement defines Cooloongup, where only 9.6% of people volunteer. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much lower here than in most other areas, sitting well below the national figure by 4.5 percentage points.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.0% of people providing care, which is a little above the state and national figures. However, the 25.3% who provide unpaid childcare is well below the Western Australian average of 28.5%.
13.0% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.3% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.3% of people having served. This is well above the 2.9% seen across Western Australia and the 2.8% recorded nationally.
6.3%
Higher than 87% 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 Cooloongup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50329/cooloongup/topic/community