20.1% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cootamundra · State Electorate
Community Participation in Cootamundra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Cootamundra volunteer, making it a place with much higher community involvement than most areas. This strong spirit of helping out is seen across the town, with 20.1% of residents giving their time to others. This figure has risen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Cootamundra are well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of participation is much more common here than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 23.2% of people do 15 or more hours of housework and 13.4% provide unpaid care, both of which are much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 24.2% of residents care for children unpaid, which is a little below the national figure of 26.3%.
13.4% ▲ +59.2%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▲ +9.5%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.2% ▲ +72.7%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.2%
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 more common here than in most areas. About 3.2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.2%
Higher than 60% of state electorate 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 Cootamundra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10022/cootamundra/topic/community