19.2% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Callala Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Callala Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering has grown in Callala Beach, where 19.2% of people now give their time to help others. This level of community involvement is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% figure for Australia and puts the area around the middle for its level compared to similar places.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While much fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most areas (16.3%), a higher proportion of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, at 27.8%.
11.6% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.3% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
Military service is much more common here than in most areas, with 6.8% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the 2.8% national figure.
6.8%
Higher than 88% 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 Callala Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10757/callala-beach/topic/community