11.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Koroop · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Koroop
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high rate of unpaid care defines Koroop, where 17.3% of people provide unpaid care for others. This is well above both the state and national figures. While many residents support others in this way, few are involved in formal volunteering or defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The area has a very low number of people caring for children unpaid at 11.5%, far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework are well below the national average at 15.4%.
17.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.4% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
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.
No one in Koroop has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and a little below the Victorian average of 2.0%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Koroop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21398/koroop/topic/community