18.9% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cossack · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cossack
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteering and service have remained key parts of life in Cossack, with 18.9% of people giving their time to others. This is well above both the Northern Territory and Australian figures of 14.1%. While many contribute to the community, others are focused on home and family duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 19% of residents volunteer, which is well above the national and territory figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 9% of people providing care and 15.8% doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well below the Australian figure of 20.7%.
9.0% ▲ +51.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.1% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.8% ▼ -23.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 15.8%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 4.6% of people having served in the Defence Force, a figure a little above the national average of 2.8%.
4.6%
Higher than 77% 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 Cossack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70065/cossack/topic/community