25.8% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Cornella · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Cornella
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Cornella volunteer their time, which is far above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is seen alongside a very high rate of people providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 25.8% of residents volunteer, a figure that is far above both the Victorian and Australian averages by 12 percentage points.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 29% of people providing it—far above the 12% seen nationally. In contrast, no one in the area reported doing unpaid housework or caring for children.
29.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 29.0%
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.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No one in Cornella has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower 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 Cornella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20642/cornella/topic/community