10.6% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koongamia · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koongamia
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in four people in Koongamia provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. While many residents support families, the area sees much lower levels of volunteering and housework compared to other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 10.6% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below both the Western Australian and national averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common at 26.1%, though those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much fewer than in most areas. This is reflected in the 10.2% of people providing unpaid care, which is slightly lower than the national rate.
10.2% ▲ +11.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.3% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 17.3%
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.
A much higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force than in most areas, with 4.8% of residents having served.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Koongamia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50782/koongamia/topic/community