63.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koomberkine · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koomberkine
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A huge 63% of people volunteer in Koomberkine, placing it among the highest in the country for community involvement. This spirit of helping out is seen across the board, with local residents far more likely to provide unpaid care for others than those in the rest of the state or nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally common here, with 63% of residents pitching in. This is far above the national figure of 14.1% and the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a big part of local life, with 17.4% of people providing care and 41.3% looking after children unpaid, both well above the state and national figures. However, only 8.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far below the Australian average of 20.7%.
17.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
41.3% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
8.7% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 8.7%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force. This 0% rate is a little below the Western Australian figure of 2.9% and the national average of 2.8%.
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 Koomberkine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50780/koomberkine/topic/community