14.7% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
North Coogee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in North Coogee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in North Coogee involves a strong connection to military service, with a much higher rate of Defence Force veterans than most other areas. While these residents are less likely to perform unpaid housework or volunteer than those in other suburbs, many still contribute significant time to family care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.7% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here, with 16.7% of people doing over 15 hours of housework, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Meanwhile, 26.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the Australian average.
10.8% ▲ +127.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
16.7% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 16.7%
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.
A striking 4.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
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 North Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51135/north-coogee/topic/community