15.3% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caloundra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Caloundra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Caloundra engage in unpaid care and housework compared to most other areas. While 15.3% of residents volunteer, the most striking feature of the community is a very high proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is slightly more common here than the national figure, with 15.3% of people giving their time, though this is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than elsewhere, especially for children, where the rate of 15.9% is far below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, people doing over 15 hours of housework are a little below the state average at 18.6%.
11.1% ▲ +8.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.6% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
Military service is much more common in Caloundra than in most areas, with 5.4% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the national rate of 2.8%.
5.4%
Higher than 84% 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 Caloundra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30492/caloundra/topic/community