15.0% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Morisset - Cooranbong · Urban Area
Community Participation in Morisset - Cooranbong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A growing number of people have stepped into unpaid caring roles in Morisset - Cooranbong since 2011. While volunteering has stayed steady, the area now sees more residents providing unpaid care to others than the state or national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people in the area volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure and barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The number of people providing unpaid care has risen since 2011 to 13.4%, which is a little above the national figure. This is seen alongside a much higher rate of people doing 15 or more hours of housework compared to most areas, while child care roles have fallen since 2011 to 24.9%.
13.4% ▲ +35.2%
Higher than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 63% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.3% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 87% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 24.3%
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.
About 3.1% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.1%
Lower than 55% of urban area 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 Morisset - Cooranbong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1021/morisset-cooranbong/topic/community