13.2% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Corio · Federal Electorate
Community Participation in Corio
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher than most areas, 13.5% of people in Corio provide unpaid care to others. This shows a community where many residents take on significant caregiving roles. Overall, participation in volunteering and unpaid housework follows typical patterns for Victoria and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.2% of residents volunteer, which is roughly the same as the Victorian and national figures. However, this is 3.3 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.5% of people providing care, a figure that rose from 12.0% in 2011. Meanwhile, 26.3% care for children unpaid and 20.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are about the same as the national figures.
13.5% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 84% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.4% of the population. This is lower than most similar areas and slightly below the national figure of 2.8%.
2.4%
Lower than 61% 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 Corio [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED210/corio/topic/community