25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Callandoon · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A massive 45% of people in Callandoon provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. This high level of family care is matched by a strong culture of volunteering, where residents are much more likely to give their time to others than people in most other areas.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
One in four people here volunteer, a rate of 25% that is far above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
25.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 45% of residents provide unpaid childcare, no one in the area reports doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing other types of unpaid care. These last two figures are far below the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.0% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Callandoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30488/callandoon/topic/community