18.3% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kaleen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kaleen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people in Kaleen provide unpaid care than the national average, with 30.1% caring for children. This suburb shows a strong commitment to community support through high rates of volunteering and a notable presence of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.3% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is roughly the same as the ACT figure, but well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caregiving is common here, with 30.1% of people caring for children unpaid, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%. Around 13.1% provide other unpaid care, while 21.7% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.1% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.1% ▲ +8.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.7%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 30.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.7% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.8%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 21.7%
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 higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.0%, this is a little above the Australian average, though a little below the ACT rate of 6.0%.
4.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Kaleen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80081/kaleen/topic/community