17.8% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mullaloo - Kallaroo · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Mullaloo - Kallaroo
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Thirty-three per cent of people in Mullaloo - Kallaroo provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. This high level of family care is part of a broader trend of community contribution in the area, where volunteering rates also sit well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.8% of people helping out. This is higher than most areas and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very frequent, with 33.0% of people caring for children and 23.7% doing over 15 hours of housework, both figures well above the state and national averages. Meanwhile, those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 11.5%, which is about the same as the national figure.
11.5% ▲ +22.8%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.0% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.8%
- 2016: 32.5%
- 2021: 33.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.7% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
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.
About 2.9% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
2.9%
Higher than 52% 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 Mullaloo - Kallaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505011079/mullaloo-kallaroo/topic/community