82.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Corrowong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Corrowong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 82.6% of people in Corrowong volunteer, making it one of the most active places for community work in the region. This high level of engagement is far above the national figure of 14.1%. While volunteering is common, very few residents provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is exceptionally common here, with 82.6% of people helping out. This is far above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 17.4% of residents provide unpaid care—well above the national figure of 11.9%—no one in the area is recorded as providing unpaid childcare. About 21.7% of people do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is about the same as the state average.
17.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% —
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
The area has a strong history of military service, with 11.5% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the Australian average of 2.8%.
11.5%
Higher than 99% 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 Corrowong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11084/corrowong/topic/community