17.8% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Corowa · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Corowa
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Corowa is more active in community volunteering than most similar areas. About 17.8% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above both the state and national figures. This spirit of participation is seen alongside a higher-than-average rate of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 18% of people in Corowa volunteer, a figure that sits well above the 13% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower here than in most areas, at 21.5%. Meanwhile, 13% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure of 11.9%.
13.0% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.4%
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 residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.1% of the population having served.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Corowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11080/corowa/topic/community