17.8% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Corowa - Wahgunyah (Corowa Part) · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Corowa Part)
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Volunteer rates in Corowa - Wahgunyah (Corowa Part) have fallen slightly since 2011, yet they remain well above the national figure. About 17.8% of residents give their time to others, making it a place with strong community involvement compared to most of Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
With 17.8% of people volunteering, this area is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. This is a slight drop from 2011, when 19.5% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 21.5%, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework also fell since 2011. Meanwhile, people providing other types of unpaid care rose to 12.9%, which is a little above the state average.
12.9% ▲ +8.4%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 people here have served in the Defence Force than in most similar areas. At 4.3%, this is a little above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
4.3%
Higher than 67% of urban centre 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 Corowa - Wahgunyah (Corowa Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114006/corowa-wahgunyah/topic/community