22.2% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kalorama · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kalorama
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement define Kalorama compared to most similar areas. Residents are far more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than people in other parts of the country. This is most evident in the 22.2% of people who volunteer their time.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of people giving their time. This is well above the national figure of 14.1% and the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, with 30.7% of people doing at least 15 hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.7% national figure. Similarly, 33.3% care for children without pay, which is well above both the state and national figures of 26.3%.
13.9% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
33.3% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
30.7% ▲ +20.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 30.7%
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 2.2% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
2.2%
Lower than 57% 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 Kalorama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21287/kalorama/topic/community