21.2% ▼ -16.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koroit · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koroit
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the state average, 21.2% of people in Koroit volunteer their time. This high level of community spirit is seen across the board, with residents providing significantly more unpaid care and housework than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.2% of residents helping out, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Koroit, where 32.1% of people care for children and 28.7% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both well above the national average. A little more than 14.7% of residents also provide general unpaid care.
14.7% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 31.7%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
The area has a higher share of veterans than most similar places, with 3.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Victorian rate of 2.0%.
3.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Koroit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21396/koroit/topic/community