34.8% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Corrigin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Corrigin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Corrigin has one of the highest rates of community involvement among similar areas. Over a third of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of service is a defining feature of the local community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 34.8% of people giving their time. This is far above the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 25% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to most areas, at only 19.2%. Unpaid care for others is slightly lower than the national average at 10.4%.
10.4% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% ▼ -26.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of residents having served.
3.6%
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 Corrigin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50340/corrigin/topic/community