7.9% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Corio · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Corio
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement has seen a shift in Corio, where only 7.9% of people now volunteer. This is one of the lowest rates for any similar area and sits well below the national figure of 14.1%. While volunteering is low, other forms of community contribution and service remain steadier.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.9% of people in Corio volunteer, which is well below the Victorian rate of 13.3% and among the lowest figures for areas of this type.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children (22.8%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.5%) are both well below the national figures. However, 13.4% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is a little above the Australian average.
13.4% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
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.
About 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Victorian average.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Corio [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20640/corio/topic/community