28.1% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koorda · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koorda
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 28% of people volunteer in Koorda, a rate far above the national figure. This highlights a strong culture of community contribution in a small town where residents are much more likely to give their time than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.1% of residents helping out. This is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 15.7% of people provide unpaid care—well above the national figure of 11.9%—the area has much lower rates of unpaid childcare and housework than most other places.
15.7% ▲ +60.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.1% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 21.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.8% ▼ -48.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 16.8%
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 little more than 4% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia and is much higher than most similar areas.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Koorda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50783/koorda/topic/community