17.0% ▼ -24.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Upper Corindi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Upper Corindi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Upper Corindi perform significant unpaid housework, a figure well above the national average. This community shows a strong tendency toward helping others, both through formal volunteering and providing care at home. Most of these activities align with state and national trends, though the local rate of housework is particularly high.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17% of people giving their time, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a regular part of life for many, as 14.1% of residents provide unpaid care and 26.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are higher than most areas. About 25.9% care for children unpaid, which is about the same as the national figure.
14.1% ▼ -34.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.9% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.7% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 26.7%
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.
About 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Upper Corindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14038/upper-corindi/topic/community