18.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Calga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Calga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher than most similar areas, 32.1% of people in Calga provide unpaid childcare. This level of family support is part of a broader trend of community involvement, with a strong proportion of the population volunteering and helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 26.6% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 32.1% caring for children, both well above the state and national figures. However, only 7.3% of people provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
7.3% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.0%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
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 than usual proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force, with 3.7% of residents having served, a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.7%
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 Calga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10751/calga/topic/community