12.5% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Lake Coogee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Lake Coogee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily routines in Lake Coogee have shifted over the last decade, with a strong focus on family responsibilities. A striking 32.5% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above both the state and national figures. However, this high level of family care exists alongside a lower-than-usual rate of community volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of people in Lake Coogee volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Western Australian average of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 32.5% of residents provide unpaid care for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%—those doing 15 or more hours of housework are much lower than most areas. Unpaid care for other people is 11.2%, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
11.2% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.5% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.7% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Lake Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50816/lake-coogee/topic/community