27.7% ▼ -31.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.4%
- 2016: 32.9%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Corryong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Corryong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Corryong have stepped up to volunteer over the last decade than in many other parts of the country. About 27.7% of residents now give their time to community work, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are much higher here than in most areas, with 27.7% of people pitching in. This is 14 percentage points higher than both the Victorian and national figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the state and national figures at 19.5%, though 13.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care. Meanwhile, 24.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure.
13.9% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.5% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.3% of the population. This is a little above the Victorian figure and higher than most similar areas.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Corryong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20648/corryong/topic/community