17.3% ▼ -41.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Callignee · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Callignee
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Well above the national average for volunteering and unpaid care, Callignee is a place where residents contribute significantly more to their community and families. About 17.3% of people volunteer here, and a remarkably high number of residents take on unpaid childcare and housework duties.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common in Callignee, with 17.3% of people giving their time. This is well above the figures for both Victoria (13.3%) and Australia (14.1%).
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very high here, with 34.2% of people caring for children and 33.2% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both far above the national figures. However, the 11.7% of people providing other unpaid care is lower than in most areas.
11.7% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.2% ▲ +10.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.9%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.2% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 33.2%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas. At 5.2%, the proportion of people who served in the Defence Force is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.2%
Higher than 82% 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 Callignee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20447/callignee/topic/community