27.4% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kokeby · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kokeby
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people volunteer in Kokeby than in the rest of the country. About 27.4% of residents give their time to others, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of service is mirrored by a high number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.4% of people helping out. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits far above the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 35.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—fewer people here provide unpaid care. Only 9.5% provide unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian average of 11.9%.
9.5% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.4% —
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.7% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.8%
- 2021: 35.7%
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.
Service to the country is prominent in Kokeby, where 8.0% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Western Australian rate of 2.9%.
8.0%
Higher than 91% 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 Kokeby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50772/kokeby/topic/community