14.4% ▼ -55.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Calulu · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Calulu
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid support in Calulu than in most similar areas. The most striking figure is that 37.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national and state figures. This suggests a community where looking after family members is a very common part of daily life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.4% of people volunteer their time, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and about the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is very common here, with 18% of people providing unpaid care, well above the 11.9% national figure. This is consistent with the high rate of unpaid childcare, which is 11 percentage points higher than the state and national averages.
18.0% ▲ +40.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
37.4% ▲ +27.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 37.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.0%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 2.1% of residents have served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Victorian average of 2%.
2.1%
Lower than 58% 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 Calulu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20451/calulu/topic/community