26.3% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Copley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Copley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement has stayed strong in Copley, where over a quarter of the population now volunteer. This rate is far above the national figure, showing a community that is highly active in helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 26.3% of people in Copley volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far more people provide general unpaid care here than the national figure of 11.9%, those caring for children or doing heavy housework are well below state and national levels.
21.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.0% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
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 area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the state and national 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 Copley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50337/copley/topic/community