21.3% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Corndale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Corndale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Corndale volunteer, showing a high level of local engagement. This spirit of helping out is reflected in the way residents support their families and the broader community through unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
At 21.3%, the proportion of volunteers is well above the national figure of 14.1% and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household duties are common here, with 31.2% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is far above the New South Wales figure. This is alongside a slightly higher rate of unpaid childcare at 27.6%.
12.3% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.6% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.2% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 31.2%
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 2.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the state and national averages.
2.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality 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 Corndale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11076/corndale/topic/community