23.0% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cowaramup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cowaramup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average, Cowaramup shows a strong tendency for residents to contribute their time to others. This is seen in a high rate of volunteering and a significant number of people providing unpaid care for children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
More than one in five people here volunteer, with 23.0% of the population helping out. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 37.5% of people care for children—a rate far above the Australian average of 26.3%. Similarly, 26.0% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national figure, though the 9.3% who provide other unpaid care is a little below the national average.
9.3% ▲ +42.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.5% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.9%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
Defence service is less common here than in most similar areas. Only 1.9% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the rates for Western Australia and Australia overall.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Cowaramup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50347/cowaramup/topic/community