23.3% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koorooman · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koorooman
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Koorooman volunteer their time, making it a place where community contribution is very common. This spirit of helping others is seen in the high rates of unpaid care and housework across the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 33.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% national figure. This is alongside a high rate of unpaid care for others (17.4%) and child care (26.7%) that matches the rest of the country.
17.4% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.7% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 33.7%
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.
Around 3.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.2%
Higher than 59% 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 Koorooman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21392/koorooman/topic/community