14.0% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koorlong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koorlong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a third of people in Koorlong provide unpaid childcare, which is a much higher rate than in most similar areas. This highlights a strong focus on family care in the community, while other forms of volunteering and service remain closer to state and national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of residents volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the rates for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.6% of people providing unpaid care and 32.6% caring for children, both of which are well above the national and state figures. Meanwhile, 20.6% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
16.6% ▲ +20.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.6% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 35.7%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Defence service is common for this type of area, with 3.1% of people having served, a little above the Victorian rate of 2%.
3.1%
Higher 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 Koorlong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21388/koorlong/topic/community