13.8% ▼ -46.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 33.2%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Callaghan · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Callaghan
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 1.3% of people in Callaghan provide unpaid child care, a figure far below the national average. This low level of unpaid care and domestic work is the most striking feature of the area's community profile. Other forms of participation, such as volunteering and military service, are less common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of residents volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is very rare here, with only 1.4% of people providing such support. This is far below the national figure, including the 2.1% who do 15 or more hours of housework and the 1.3% who care for children.
1.4% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
1.3% ▼ -52.1%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
2.1% ▲ +34.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 0.5% of the population. This is a little below the rates seen across Australia and New South Wales, and lower than most similar areas.
0.5%
Lower than 71% 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 Callaghan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10754/callaghan/topic/community