20.8% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Katandra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Katandra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher levels of community involvement and unpaid work mark Katandra compared to most similar areas. Over 20% of people here volunteer, while a striking number of residents dedicate their time to housework and caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.8% of people helping out, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent in Katandra, where 40.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend extends to caregiving, with 23.8% providing unpaid care and 30.7% caring for children, both of which are well above state and national levels.
23.8% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.7% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.6% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 40.6%
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 more common here than in most areas, with 4.0% of residents having served, which is a little above the 2.8% national average.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Katandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21308/katandra/topic/community