15.7% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Calliope · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Calliope
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Calliope involves a very high level of family support, with 38.1% of people providing unpaid childcare. This is far above the national figure and marks the town as a place where many residents are heavily involved in caring for the next generation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.7% of people here volunteer their time, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is lower than the rate seen in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus here, with 38.1% of people caring for children unpaid, far above the national figure of 26.3%. This high level of family care is mirrored in housework, where 25.5% of residents do 15 or more hours a week, well above the 20.7% average for Australia.
11.5% ▲ +45.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
38.1% ▲ +6.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.0%
- 2016: 38.3%
- 2021: 38.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.5% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 25.5%
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 3.1% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Calliope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30491/calliope/topic/community