15.4% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Calrossie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Calrossie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high number of people in Calrossie spend their time caring for children, though other forms of community service are less common. Roughly 35% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people here volunteer, a figure that is a little above both the Victorian and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is very common at 34.6%, no one in the area provides other types of unpaid care, which is far below the state and national figures. Additionally, 23.1% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, slightly above the national average of 20.7%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.6% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in Calrossie has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Calrossie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20450/calrossie/topic/community