20.0% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
West Coolup · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in West Coolup
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
One in five people in West Coolup now volunteer, a rate that has grown and far exceeds national figures. This spirit of contribution defines the area, where residents are more likely to give their time to others than people in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20% of residents volunteer here, which is well above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28% of people provide unpaid childcare—similar to the state average—only 14.7% spend 15 or more hours on housework, a figure well below the national average of 20.7%. Around 13.3% provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure.
13.3% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 14.7%
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 higher than usual share of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 4% of residents having served compared to 2.8% across Australia.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 West Coolup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51572/west-coolup/topic/community