28.7% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.0%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Corny Point · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Corny Point
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Corny Point get involved in their community than in most similar areas. Nearly 29% of residents are volunteers, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of helping out extends into the home, where unpaid housework and childcare are more common than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.7% of people pitching in. This is far above the 17% seen across South Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is a big part of local life, as 29.7% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid work weekly, well above the national figure of 20.7%. While 27.7% of people provide unpaid childcare, only 9.9% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.9% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.7% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 29.7%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 3.8% of the population. This is higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the Australian average of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 68% 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 Corny Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40312/corny-point/topic/community