11.0% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kootingal · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kootingal
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people volunteer here than in most similar areas, making Kootingal a place where community contribution is shifting. While 11% of residents volunteer, this figure has fallen since 2011. Other forms of support remain more common, with a higher than typical rate of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This represents a 6.7 point drop since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People providing unpaid care are a little more common here than in the rest of the state, at 13.1%. This includes 26.8% of people caring for children unpaid, a figure that is higher than most areas.
13.1% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.8% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.4% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 typical 4.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above both the New South Wales and national figures.
4.4%
Higher than 69% of urban centre 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 Kootingal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115092/kootingal/topic/community