13.8% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cooroy · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Cooroy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of unpaid housework and a strong veteran presence set Cooroy apart from the state and national averages. While local volunteering has dropped since 2011, many residents continue to contribute through home-based care and service history.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people in Cooroy volunteer, which is lower than in most similar areas and roughly the same as the national figure. This is a decline from 2011, when volunteering sat at 18.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare than the national figure of 26.3%, Cooroy sees a much higher rate of those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework. Around 13.7% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national average.
13.7% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 33.8%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.0%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 61% 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 Cooroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315026/cooroy/topic/community