20.2% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kallista · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kallista
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving their time to others is a common part of life in Kallista, where volunteering is far more frequent than in most places. Roughly one in five residents helps out in their spare time, reflecting a community that is much more active in local support than the state or national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteers make up 20.2% of the population, which is well above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 16.1% of people providing care—much higher than most areas. This is seen in the 29.7% of residents caring for children and the 27.3% who do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national average.
16.1% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 31.0%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.3% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 27.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.0% of the population, a figure that is lower than most areas and about the same as the Victorian 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 Kallista [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21286/kallista/topic/community