20.2% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Callington · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Callington
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Giving back to the community is a common part of life in Callington, where 20.2% of residents volunteer. This rate is well above the national figure, showing a strong local commitment to unpaid work and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer here, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and the 17% recorded for South Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people perform unpaid work at home than is typical, with 28.2% caring for children and 25.7% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both figures well above the national average. General unpaid care for others sits at 12.3%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
12.3% ▲ +80.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.7% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 25.7%
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 much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.8% of residents being veterans, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.8%
Higher than 79% 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 Callington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40203/callington/topic/community