36.7% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.2%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 36.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coomalbidgup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Coomalbidgup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement mark Coomalbidgup compared to most similar areas. Over a third of residents volunteer their time, and a high proportion of the population provides unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.7% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and the Western Australian average of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent, with 38.8% of people caring for children, far above the national figure of 26.3%. Another 25.5% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, while 11.2% provide other unpaid care, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
11.2% ▲ +30.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.8% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 38.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 25.5%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below the national and state averages.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Coomalbidgup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50331/coomalbidgup/topic/community