26.9% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kalanbi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kalanbi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 27% of people in Kalanbi volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This strong drive to help others is reflected in a community where residents are much more likely to give their time to local causes than people in most other similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.9% of people helping out. This is 13 points higher than the Australian average and well above the South Australian rate of 17%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 26.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is about the same as the national figure. While 23.1% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, those providing other types of unpaid care are slightly less common here than in most areas.
11.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.9% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% —
Lower than 57% 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.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Military service is much more common in Kalanbi than elsewhere, with 11.5% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
11.5%
Higher than 99% 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 Kalanbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40649/kalanbi/topic/community