17.7% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Callala Bay · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Callala Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 18% of people in Callala Bay volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This high level of community involvement is seen alongside a strong presence of former Defence Force members and people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has grown since 2011 and now reaches 17.7% of residents. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is much more common here than in most areas, at 15.1%. While 26.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, the proportion of those caring for children unpaid has fallen sharply to 20.8% since 2011.
15.1% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
20.8% ▼ -45.9%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.6% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 26.6%
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.
Callala Bay has one of the highest proportions of Defence Force veterans at this level. At 7.2%, this is well above the 2.8% national average.
7.2%
Higher than 93% of urban centre 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 Callala Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115036/callala-bay/topic/community