33.3% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.1%
- 2016: 40.8%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koonwarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koonwarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of giving defines Koonwarra, where volunteering is far more common than in the rest of the country. About 33.3% of people here volunteer, which is a striking gap compared to the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in three residents volunteers here, a rate that is far above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in the area, with 31.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of domestic work is alongside a higher-than-usual 16.8% of residents who provide unpaid care, while the share of people caring for children is a little below the state average.
16.8% ▲ +60.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.4% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.8% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 33.6%
- 2021: 31.8%
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.
More people in Koonwarra have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.4% of residents having served, which is a little above the 2.0% seen in Victoria.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Koonwarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21386/koonwarra/topic/community