8.5% ▼ -68.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Calderwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Calderwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive gap in childcare duties defines Calderwood, where nearly 46% of people provide unpaid care for children. This is far above the state and national figures, marking a stark contrast to the area's low rate of community volunteering.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.5% of residents volunteer, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 13%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, well above the Australian figure of 20.7%. However, providing other types of unpaid care is much lower than most areas at 10%.
10.0% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.6% ▲ +49.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 45.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.1% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
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.
About 2.5% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.5%
Lower than 52% 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 Calderwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10749/calderwood/topic/community