17.8% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cowes · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cowes
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Cowes volunteer their time than in the typical Australian town, with 17.8% of residents helping out. While community spirit is high, the area sees fewer people providing unpaid childcare compared to the national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.8% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. However, this figure has fallen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Few people here provide unpaid childcare, at 20.7%, which is well below the national figure. Conversely, 25.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, a rate well above both the state and national figures.
13.9% ▲ +9.3%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.7% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▲ +1.4%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 number of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of the population having served. This is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.1%
Higher than 63% 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 Cowes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214006/cowes/topic/community