20.2% ▼ -35.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caloote · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Caloote
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A strong spirit of volunteering defines Caloote, where 20.2% of people give their time to help others. This is well above both the state and national figures. Residents here are more likely to be active in their community than people in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer in Caloote, a rate that is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This level of participation is higher than in most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Household chores are a big part of life here, with 28.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is well above the national figure. While 28.1% care for children unpaid, the 7.9% who provide other unpaid care is much lower than most areas.
7.9% ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.8%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.9% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 28.9%
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.
Around 2.7% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Caloote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40205/caloote/topic/community