16.5% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Calga - Kulnura · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Calga - Kulnura
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Calga - Kulnura than in most similar areas. While 16.5% of residents give their time to others, the number of people providing unpaid childcare has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is more common here than in most other areas, and at 16.5%, it is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0%. However, this rate has fallen by 6.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than in most areas at 19.8%, well below the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, 27.5% of people do 15 or more hours of housework, which is among the highest for this level and well above the state average.
12.1% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.8% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 27.5%
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.
About 2.3% of the population served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Calga - Kulnura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102011030/calga-kulnura/topic/community