40.1% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 42.7%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 40.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Corrigin · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Corrigin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Among the highest rates of volunteering are found in Corrigin, where 40.1% of people give their time to others. This is far above the national figure of 14.1%. While overall community engagement is strong, the number of volunteers has fallen slightly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 40.1% of residents volunteer, which is far above the Western Australian rate of 15.9% and among the highest for similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high proportion of people, 25.5%, do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 12.2% provide unpaid care, a rate about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.2% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) 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 Corrigin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52100/corrigin/topic/community