16.4% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Corangamite · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Corangamite
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Corangamite provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This community is highly active in supporting others through care and volunteer work, though formal volunteering has dropped since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most areas, with 16.4% of people helping out. This is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3%, although the rate has fallen by 7 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common, as 23.9% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%, and about 13.5% of people also provide general unpaid care to others.
13.5% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 83% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.8% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 29.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% of federal electorate 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 Corangamite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED209/corangamite/topic/community