17.0% ▼ -15.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caldermeade · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Caldermeade
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average share of people in Caldermeade spend their spare time helping others, with 17% of residents volunteering. While community spirit is strong, the area sees much lower levels of unpaid care and housework compared to other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17% of people here volunteer, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and slightly higher than the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caldermeade has much lower rates of unpaid work than most areas. Only 9.8% of people provide unpaid care, and the share of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%.
9.8% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.9% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.6% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 22.4%
- 2021: 19.6%
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.
About 2% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is lower than most areas but about the same as the state average.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Caldermeade [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20443/caldermeade/topic/community