19.0% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coolup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coolup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national figures for volunteering and unpaid care, Coolup is a place where residents frequently give their time to others. Nearly one in five people volunteer, and a much higher proportion of the population provides unpaid care compared to most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19% of people in Coolup volunteer, which is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 15.6% providing unpaid care—much higher than most areas. This is reflected in the 27.1% of residents doing over 15 hours of housework, a figure well above both the state and national averages.
15.6% ▲ +79.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.1%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.1% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
Those who served in the Defence Force make up 2.5% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Coolup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50330/coolup/topic/community