17.9% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Coopernook · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Coopernook
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 18% of people in Coopernook volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This level of community involvement is a steady feature of the area, having barely changed over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of residents volunteer, a rate that is well above both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.4% of people providing support—a figure higher than most similar areas. While 23.9% of residents now care for children unpaid, an equal number spend 15 or more hours a week on housework.
14.4% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▲ +66.6%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 16.3%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
Service to the country is more common in Coopernook than in most areas, with 4.4% of people having served in the Defence Force.
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 Coopernook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122039/coopernook/topic/community