11.1% ▼ -34.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Calavos · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Calavos
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Calavos has shifted over the last decade, with current levels of volunteering falling behind national trends. Only 11.1% of people volunteer, which is well below the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 11.1% of residents volunteer their time, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country, 27.8% of Calavos residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%. Only 10.1% provide other forms of unpaid care, which is a little below the Australian average.
10.1% ▲ +18.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.0% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.8% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 27.0%
- 2021: 27.8%
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.
A higher proportion of people here have served in the Defence Force than in most other areas, with 3.2% of residents having served.
3.2%
Higher 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 Calavos [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30481/calavos/topic/community