27.0% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 28.9%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kalaru · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kalaru
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local residents in Kalaru are remarkably active in their community and homes. More than a quarter of the population volunteers, a rate that far exceeds the national figure. This spirit of helping out extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are much more common than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 27% of people here volunteer, which is far above the 14.1% national average and much higher than most other areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common in Kalaru, with 29.4% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. This is well above the national figure, and the area also sees more people providing unpaid care for others and children compared to the state average.
15.7% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
29.4% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 29.4%
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.
Around 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Kalaru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12059/kalaru/topic/community