42.4% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.4%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koojan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koojan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 42.4% of people in Koojan volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national figure. This level of involvement is among the highest across similar areas and marks the community's most striking characteristic. Residents here contribute significantly more to their local area than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 42.4% of residents helping out. This is far above the 15.9% recorded for Western Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is common, with 15.2% of people providing unpaid care and 30.3% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both well above national figures. However, the 21.2% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
15.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.2% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.3% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 30.3%
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 Koojan has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national rates of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
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 Koojan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50776/koojan/topic/community