17.2% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Korumburra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Korumburra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community spirit remains a strong part of life in Korumburra, where residents are far more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than people across the country. Local participation is high, with 17.2% of the population giving their time to volunteer work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.2% of people pitching in. This is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more frequent here than in most areas, with 15.3% of people helping out. This is well above the Australian figure of 11.9%, and 27.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
15.3% ▲ +39.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.0%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
Three per cent of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the 2.0% recorded for Victoria.
3.0%
Higher than 56% 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 Korumburra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21399/korumburra/topic/community