26.3% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Calingiri · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Calingiri
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Calingiri volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This high level of community involvement defines the area, where 26.3% of residents give their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 26.3% of people helping out, which is far above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.9% of residents provide unpaid childcare—a figure slightly above the national average—those providing other types of unpaid care or doing heavy housework are much fewer than in most areas.
9.9% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.9% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -30.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 19.7%
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.
About 2.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most similar areas.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Calingiri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50234/calingiri/topic/community